Word

עָלַס

ʻâlaç · H5965 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to enjoy

State in which humans find joy and satisfaction

Examples
Job 20:18 “He returns the product of his labor And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.
to act joyously

Action by which animals express their joy by their movements

Examples
Job 39:13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, With the pinion and feathers of love,
to delight oneself

Action by which humans find joy and satisfaction

Examples
Proverbs 7:18 “Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning; Let’s delight ourselves with caresses.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

כָּנָףwing 1
Not stated: we 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with+ אֹהַבmaking love 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 1

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

שָׂמַח sâmach · H8055 · to rejoice, to cause to rejoice: Both words are verbs of emotion that express rejoicing and joy.
שׂוּשׂ sûws · H7797 · to rejoice, to be glad, to delight: Both lexemes are genuine rejoicing/joy verbs; עָלַס (ʻâlaç, H5965) is very rare and carries a broader, less certain range of senses (including “peacock,” “solace self”), while שׂוּשׂ (sûws, H7797) is clearly and consistently a joy/gladness verb.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Rejoice002001002022: עָלַס describes rejoicing or taking solace, as in Job 20:18's warning that a wicked man "will not rejoice" over his ill-gotten gain.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5965. alas [עָלַס] verb rejoice (|| with עָלַץ עָלַז,, q. v.; Late Hebrew עֲלִיסָה…

H5965. alas
[עָלַס] verb rejoice (|| with עָלַץ עָלַז,, q. v.; Late Hebrew עֲלִיסָה rejoicing (once LevyNHWB iii. 657)); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲלֹס Job 20:18 he shall not rejoice.
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נֶעֱלָ֑סָה Job 39:13 (of ostrich's wing) = flap joyously.
Hithpa`el Imperfect1plural cohortative נִתְעַלְּסָה Pro 7:18 let us delight ourselves in (ב) love.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Rejoice3 occurrences

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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0