Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [
עָלַל]
verb Po`el, act severely (toward) (Late Hebrew id., deal with (rare), and derivatives; Arabic
do a thing (drink, beat, give) a second time, II. divert, occupy, see divert, occupy oneself with (food, a woman, etc.); Syriac
cause, occasion, affair); — act severely, always with ל person: Perfect2masculine singular עוֺלַלְתָּ לִי Lamentations 1:22 as thou hast acted severely to me (in punishment, subject׳י); ׳לְמִי ע Lamentations 2:20 to whom hast thou acted thus severely ?3feminine singular עֵינִי עוֺלְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:51 my eye deals severely with me, i.e. gives me pain (?; text dubious; compare PerlesAnal.18 Bu). Imperative masculine singular עוֺלֵל לָמוֺ Lamentations 1:22 deal severely with them. — See also ׳ע
denominative below
Po`al Perfect3masculine singular מַכְאֹבִי אֲשֶׁר עוֺלַל לִי Lamentations 1:12 my pain which is severely dealt out to me.
Hithpa. Perfect
1 busy, divert oneself with (compare Arabic see ), always with ב person: 1 singular ׳אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר חִתְעַלַּלְתִּי בְּ Exodus 10:2 (J) how I [׳י] have made a toy of Egypt; especially deal wantonly, ruthlessly with (ב person): 3 masculine singular הִתְעַלֵּל 1 Samuel 6:6; 2feminine singular הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ Numbers 22:29 (J E; Balsaam's ass); 3 plural וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ consecutive 1 Samuel 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; Jeremiah 38:19; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיִּתְעַלְּלוּקּבָהּ Judges 19:25 (of abusing a woman; "" וַיֵּדְעוּ אֹתָהּ).
Hithpo`el Infinitive construct לֵהִתְעוֺלֵל עֲלִלוֺר Psalm 141:4 to practise practices in wickedness (perhaps denominative).
[עָלַל] verb denominative Po`. glean (grapes or olives; לִמֵּט of grain); — Imperfect2masculine singular תְּעוֺלֵל Leviticus 19:10 (object כֶּרֶם; "" תְּלַמֵּט), Deuteronomy 24:21 (absolute, + אַחֲרֶיךָ); 3 masculine plural figurative (+ Infinitive absolute) עוֺלֵל יְעוֺלְלוּ כַגֶּפֶן שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל Jeremiah 6:9; וַיְעֹלְלֻהוּ Judges 20:45 they made a gleaning of them (i. e. smote the fugitives).
[עָלַל] verb denominative act or play the child; — only
Po`. Participle עַמִּי נֹגְשָׂיו מְעוֺלֵל Isaiah 3:12 my people — its ruler is acting the child.
III. [עָלַל] verb insert, thrust in (Arabic
, whence
yoke; compare Old Aramaic עלל, ᵑ7 עֲלַל, Syriac
, all enter); — only
Po`. Perfect1singular וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי Job 16:15 figurative of humiliation.