Lexicon maal: to act unfaithfully or treacherously Original Word: מָעַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: maal Phonetic Spelling: (maw-al') Short Definition: committed NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto act unfaithfully or treacherously NASB Translationact (1), acted (2), acted treacherously (2), acting (1), acting treacherously (1), acting unfaithfully (1), acts (2), became...unfaithful (1), been (1), been unfaithful (5), broke faith (1), committed (6), committing unfaithfulness (1), err (1), perpetrated (1), unfaithful (3), unfaithfulness they committed (1), violated (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מָעַל verb act unfaithfully, treacherously, a priestly word (P Ezra, Chronicles), chiefly late (Late Hebrew id., act unfaithfully; Arabic  whisper, backbite,  perfidy, fraud); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָעַל Joshua 22:20 4t.; 3 feminine singular מָֽעֲלָה Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:12 13t. Perfect; Imperfect יִמְעַל Proverbs 16:10; 2Chronicles 26:16; 3 feminine singular תִּמְעֹל Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 5:27; 3masculine plural יִמְעֲלוּ Joshua 7:1, וַיִּמְעֲלוּ 1 Chronicles 5:25; 2masculine plural תִּמְעָ֑לוּ Nehemiah 1:8; Infinitive construct לִמְעֹל, so read for HCT למסר Numbers 31:16 Thes Di; — act unfaithfully, treacherously, usually 1 מָעַל מַ֫עַל: a. absolute בַּחֵרֶם in the matter of the devoted thing (the sin of Achan) Joshua 7:1 (JE), Joshua 22:20 (P), compare Leviticus 5:15 (P), 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 15:8; Ezekiel 18:24. b. wife against (בְּ) husband Numbers 5:12,27 (P; marital infidelity). c. elsewhere against (בְּ) God, Leviticus 26:40 (H), Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:6; Numbers 31:16 (?) Joshua 22:16,31 (all P), 1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 28:19; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 20:27; Ezekiel 39:26; Daniel 9:7. 2 usage without מַעַל (only late): a. במשׁפט לא ימעל פיו Proverbs 16:10 let not his (the king's) mouth act treacherously against justice (RV in judgment). b. elsewhere against God, with בְּ, Deuteronomy 32:51 (P), 1 Chronicles 5:25; 1 Chronicles 12:2; 1 Chronicles 26:22; 1Chron 30:7; Ezra 10:2; Nehemiah 13:27; Ezekiel 39:23; without בְּ, 2 Chronicles 26:18; 29:6; Ezra 10:10; Nehemiah 1:8; בַּחֵרֶם 1 Chronicles 2:7.
Strong's transgress, commit, do a trespassing A primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Treacherously -- transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing). |
