עָלַז
ʻâlaz · aw-laz'
to jump for joy, i.e. exult
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to jump for joy, i.e. exult
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads › to cut, to sustain
To see and know of authority, the one who leads that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָלַז above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- triumph2 · 13%
- i will rejoice2 · 13%
- and rejoice2 · 13%
- be joyful2 · 13%
- greatly rejoiceth1 · 6%
- shall rejoice1 · 6%
- rejoice1 · 6%
- then thou rejoicest1 · 6%
- nor rejoiced1 · 6%
- because ye rejoiced1 · 6%
- that they may rejoice1 · 6%
- yet i will rejoice1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.