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title: עָלַז — exult · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלַז (5937), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: exult. BDB 1906: vb. exult. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלַז

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«עָלַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exult** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 5937 · **BDB:** עָלַז

### Glosses

I.will.exult (3); exult (3); I.rejoiced (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5937/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. exult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5937/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. exult (‖ form of עלץ q.v.; cf. Ph. n.pr.m. נבעלז);— Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲלֹז ψ 96:12; 1 s. וָאֶעְלֹז Je 15:17; אֶעֱלֹ֑זָה ψ 60:8; 108:8; 3 mpl. יַעְלְזוּ 149:5, יַעֲ֑לֹזוּ Je 51:39 ψ 94:3, etc.; Imv. fs. עָלְזִי Zp 3:14; mpl. עִלְזוּ ψ 68:5; Inf. cstr. לַעֲלוֹז Is 23:12;—exult, triumph Is 23:12 Je 15:17; of Isr.’s foes 2 S 1:20; Je 50:11 (‖ שׂמח), of wicked ψ 94:3 Je 11:15; of Isr. Zp 3:14 (+ שִׂמְחִי), בְּי׳ אֶע׳ Hb 3:18 in י׳ will I exult (‖ אָגִילָה), ψ 149:5; ע׳ לְכָּנָיו 68:5; subj. לִבִּי 28:7, כִּלְיוֹתָ֑י Pr 23:16; fig. of field ψ 96:12 (‖ רָנַן); of י׳ ψ 60:8 = 108:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָלַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5937/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 94:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.3/)

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עַד־מָתַ֖י רְשָׁעִ֥ים ׀ יְהוָ֑ה עַד־מָ֝תַ֗י רְשָׁעִ֥ים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* until when? wicked.\[people\] O.Yahweh until when? wicked.\[people\] will.they.exult

*JPS 1917:* LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

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[Psalms 149:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.5/)

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יַעְלְז֣וּ חֲסִידִ֣ים בְּכָב֑וֹד יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* let.them.exult faithful.\[people\] in honor let.them.sing.for.joy on beds their

*JPS 1917:* Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds.

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