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title: עָלַץ — rejoice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלַץ (5970), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: rejoice. BDB 1906: vb. rejoice, exult. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלַץ

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«עָלַץ» 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 5970 · **BDB:** עָלַץ

### Glosses

may.they.exult (2); I.will.exult (1); it.exults (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5970/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rejoice, exult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5970/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rejoice, exult (NH id. (rare); Hiph. Impf. יעליצו Ecclus 4:20; Assyrian elêṣu, exult; Sab. מעלץ joys CIS iv, No. 197, 1. 5. 7; v. also עלז, עלס);— Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ לִבִּ׳ בְּי׳ 1 S 2:1 my heart exulteth in י׳; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲלֹץ הַשָּׂדֶה 1 Ch 16:32 the field exulteth; cf. 3 fs. תַּעֲלֹץ קִרְיָה Pr 11:10 (‖ רנן); 1 s. אֶעֶלְצָה בָּ֑ךְ ψ 9:3 (i.e. in י׳; + שׂמה, ‖ זמּר); 3 mpl. יַעְלְצוּ בְךָ ψ 5:12 (in י׳; ‖ שׂמח, רנן); יַעַלְצוּ לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים 68:4 (+ שׂמח, ‖ שׂישׂ); + לִי 25:2 exult at me; Inf. cstr. בַּעֲלֹץ Pr 28:12 when the righteous exult.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 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 «עָלַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5970/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.3/)

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אֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה וְאֶעֶלְצָ֣ה בָ֑ךְ אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה שִׁמְךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* I.will.rejoice and I.will.exult in you I.will.sing.praises.to name your O.Most.High

*JPS 1917:* I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High:

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[Proverbs 11:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.10/)

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בְּט֣וּב צַ֭דִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ קִרְיָ֑ה וּבַאֲבֹ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים רִנָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* in.\[the\] prosperity of.righteous.\[people\] it.rejoices a.town and when perish wicked.\[people\] a.shout.of.joy

*JPS 1917:* When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is joy.

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