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title: אָלַח — be corrupt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָלַח (444), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be corrupt. BDB 1906: vb. be corrupt. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָלַח

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«אָלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be corrupt** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 444 · **BDB:** אָלַח

### Glosses

they.are.corrupt (2); \[one.who.is\].corrupt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be corrupt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/444/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be corrupt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/444/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only be corrupt morally; tainted (Che ψ 14:3) (cf. Arabic أَلَخَ viii. be confused (of a thing), of milk, turn sour) Pf. 3 pl. נֶאֱלָ֑חוּ ψ 14:3; 53:4; Pt. נֶאֱלָח a corrupt man Jb 15:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/444/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.16/)

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אַ֭ף כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* indeed? (dm) \[one.who.is\].abhorrent and \[one.who.is\].corrupt a.person \[who\].drinks like (the) water unrighteousness

*JPS 1917:* How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!

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[Psalms 14:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.3/)

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הַכֹּ֥ל סָר֮ יַחְדָּ֪ו נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ אֵ֤ין עֹֽשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב אֵ֝֗ין גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* (the) everyone he.turns.aside all.together they.are.corrupt there.\[is\].not \[one.who\].does (of).good there.\[is\].not also one

*JPS 1917:* They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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