502. alaph
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alaph: to learn
Original Word: אָלַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: alaph
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lof')
Short Definition: teaches

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to learn
NASB Translation
learn (1), teach (1), teaches (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [אָלַף] verb learn (Arabic keep, cleave to, become familiar with; Aramaic אֲלַף, , learn, , Pa teach).

Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תֶּאֱלַף אֹרְחֹתָו֯ Proverbs 22:25;

Pi`el teach, followed by accusative יְאַלֵּף מִּיךָ Job 15:5 (subject עֲוֺנְךָ); so Participle מַלְּפֵנוּ (for ׳מְאַלְּ Sta§ lll, 31, 388 Ge:§ 68 fin., compare Ew§ 73 b) Job 35:11; followed by 2accusative אֲאַלֶּפְךָ חָכְמָה Job 33:33.



Strong's
learn, teach, utter

A primitive root, to associate with; hence, to learn (and causatively to teach) -- learn, teach, utter.

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