To enwrap
עָלַףStrong’s H5968alaph (a-laph)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Alaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “wrapped herself up”, “covered” and “have become faint”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.”
Meaning
- To cover(Pual) covered, encrusted (participle) · (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint
How it's translated
- and she wrapped herself up 1
- covered 1
- they have become faint 1
- they will become faint 1
- and he became faint 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Isaiah 1
- Amos 1
- Jonah 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Song of Solomon 5:14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
- Isaiah 51:20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
- Amos 8:13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
- Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Hebrew dictionary
עָלַף alaph · to enwrap
1) to cover 1a) (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle) 1b) (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “covered” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COVERED, participle passive
Spread over; hid; concealed; clothed; vailed; having a hat on; wrapped; inclosed; sheltered; protected; disguised.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.