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Hebrew

To teach/learn

אָלַףStrong’s H0502

alaph (a-laph)

Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Alaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “it teaches”, “teach you” and “teaches us”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

“For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.”
Job 15:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. To learn(Qal) to learn · (Piel) to teach
How it's translated
  • it teaches 1
  • and i will teach you 1
  • teaches us 1
  • you should learn 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 3
  • Proverbs 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

אָלַף alaph · to teach/learn

1) to learn 1a) (Qal) to learn 1b) (Piel) to teach

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.