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title: עָלַס — rejoice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלַס (5965), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: rejoice. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלַס

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«עָלַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rejoice** — 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:** 5965 · **BDB:** עָלַס

### Glosses

he.will.rejoice (1); it.flaps.joyously (1); let.us.delight.ourselves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5965/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5965/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rejoice (‖ with עָלַז, עָלַץ, q.v.; NH עֲלִיסָה rejoicing (once LevyNHWB iii. 657));— Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲלֹס Jb 20:18 he shall not rejoice. Pf. 3 fs. נֶעֱלָסָה Jb 39:13 (of ostrich’s wing) = flap joyously. Impf. 1 pl. cohort. נִתְעַלְּסָה Pr 7:18 let us delight ourselves in (ב) love.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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 «עָלַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5965/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.13/)

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כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].wing of.ostriches it.flaps.joyously if a.pinion a.stork and plumage

*JPS 1917:* The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?

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[Proverbs 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.18/)

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לְכָ֤ה נִרְוֶ֣ה דֹ֭דִים עַד־הַבֹּ֑קֶר נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה בָּאֳהָבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* come let.us.take.our.fill.of love(s) until the morning let.us.delight.ourselves with love(s)

*JPS 1917:* Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.

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- ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-3.md)