מַעֲלָל
maʻălâl · H4611 · Hebrew · 41 occurrences
Meanings
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deed
An activity performed by a person or deity
ExamplesPsalm 77:12 I will meditate on all Your work, And on Your deeds with thanksgiving.
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deeds, practices
A pattern of activities performed by a person or deity, with the primary focus on whether these activities are good or evil
ExamplesDeuteronomy 28:20 “The LORD will send against you curses, panic, and rebuke, in everything you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have abandoned Me.
Judges 2:19 But it came about, when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their obstinate ways.
Proverbs 20:11 It is by his deeds that a boy distinguishes himself, If his conduct is pure and right.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
40 occurrences in 8 groups
- הֶםtheir 15
- כֶםyour 14
- הוּhis 6
- יָהּYah 1
- אֵלGod, god 1
- ךָyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- רַעevil, bad 2
- לֹאnot 1
- עָזַבto forsake, to leave 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- סָבַבto turn, to go around, to surround 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What is done to itIt is the object
11 occurrences in 6 groups
- יָטַבto be good, to do good, to go well 5
- זָכַרto remember 2
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- רָעַעto do evil, to act wickedly, to do harm 1
- שׁוּבto return, to turn back 1
- שָׁכַחto forget 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵלֶּהthese 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- מִןfrom 5
- בin/on/with 5
- כlike/as 3
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
16 occurrences in 2 groups
- רֹעַevil, wickedness 11
- פְּרִיfruit, produce 5
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- פְּעֻלָּה pᵉʻullâh · H6468 · deed, deeds, practices
- Both words denote kinds of work or deeds and could substitute for each other in some contexts.
- מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh · H4639 · deed, deeds, practices
- Both words denote concrete actions, deeds or works (acts, deeds, doing, labor) and can substitute in overlapping contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Happen002002003003
- מַעֲלָל denotes deeds or practices that come about through a person's conduct, as with the evil practices Israel is repaid according to.
- Act002002002001
- מַעֲלָל denotes a deed or act, the doing itself, as with the evil deeds on account of which the LORD's curses come upon a disobedient people.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4611. maalal [מַעֲלָל]41 noun masculineNeh 9:35 deed, practice; — only plural מַעֲלָלִים…
[מַעֲלָל]41 noun masculineNeh 9:35 deed, practice; — only plural מַעֲלָלִים 1Sa 25:3; construct מַעַלְלֵי Psa 77:12; Psa 78:1; suffix מַעֲלָלֶיךָ Deu 28:20, מַעֲלָלָיו Hos 4:9 +, מַעַלְלֵיכֶם Isa 1:16 +, מַעַלְלֵיהֶם Isa 3:10 +, etc.; —
1 usually (especially Jeremiah 17 t.) bad practices of men, מַעֲלָלִים רַע 1Sa 25:3 he was evil in his practices; Jdg 2:19 (|| דֶּרֶךְ), Hos 5:5; Hos 7:2; Isa 3:8; Jer 11:18; Psa 106:29; Psa 106:39 (|| מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם); ׳מ הָרָעִים Neh 9:35; מ ׳רֹעַ the evil of your (their, etc.) practices Hos 9:15; Isa 1:16; Jer 4:4; Jer 21:12 (suffix 3 masculine plural Kt, 2 masculine plural Qr), +; ׳מ הָרָעִים Zec 1:4 Qr (+ ׳ד הָרָעִים; Kt מעליליהם), ׳מ טוֺבִים לֹא אֲשֶׁר Eze 36:31 (+ id.); מ ׳הֵרֵעוּ Mic 3:4; מ ׳מְּרִי, i.e. their consequences, Isa 3:10; Jer 17:10; Jer 21:14; Jer 32:19 (+ דֶּרֶךְ).
2 deeds of ׳י Psa 77:12, of אֵל Psa 78:7; compare Mic 2:7.
3 acts, in General, of youth Pro 20:11 (|| מָּעֳלוֺ).
[מעליל], מעליליהם Zec 1:4 Kt, see foregoing 1
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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