עָלַס ʻâlaç — to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously

pronounced aw-las' · Strong's H5965 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Niph'al, Hitpa'el

Translated in the KJV as × peacock, rejoice, solace self.

a primitive root; to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously.

ʻâlaç in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יַעֲלֹֽס Job 20:18 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. (KJV)

Niph'al 1×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

נֶעֱלָ֑סָה Job 39:13 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? (KJV)

Hitpa'el 1×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Cohortative 1

נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה Prov 7:18 Cohortative, 1st person common plural

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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