עָלַל

a.lalto abuseHow to read Hebrew
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Definition

a primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)
Traditional renderings: abuse, affect, × child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָלַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

20 total
  1. Exodus 10:2הִתְעַלַּ֙לְתִּי֙ · severely I dealt
    …and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
  2. Leviticus 19:10תְעוֹלֵ֔ל · bare
    You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
  3. Numbers 22:29הִתְעַלַּ֖לְתְּ · You have made a fool
    Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
  4. Deuteronomy 24:21תְעוֹלֵ֖ל · go over [the vines]
    When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
  5. Judges 19:25וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־ · and abused
    But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
  6. Judges 20:45וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ · and Israel cut down
    Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
  7. 1 Samuel 6:6הִתְעַלֵּ֣ל · He afflicted
    Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
  8. 1 Samuel 31:4וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ · and torture
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  9. 1 Chronicles 10:4וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ · and torture
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  10. Job 16:15וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי · I have buried
    I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
  11. Psalm 141:4לְהִתְע֘וֹלֵ֤ל · or take part
    Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
  12. Isaiah 3:12מְעוֹלֵ֔ל · Youths
    Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
  13. Jeremiah 6:9עוֹלֵ֛ל · as thoroughly; יְעוֹלְל֥וּ
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”
  14. Jeremiah 38:19וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ · to abuse
    But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
  15. Lamentations 1:12עוֹלַ֖ל · was inflicted
    Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
  16. Lamentations 1:22וְעוֹלֵ֣ל · and deal; עוֹלַ֛לְתָּ · You have dealt
    Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
  17. Lamentations 2:20עוֹלַ֣לְתָּ · have You [ever] treated
    Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
  18. Lamentations 3:51עֽוֹלְלָ֣ה · bring grief
    My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.