עַלִּיז
ʻallîyz · al-leez'
exultant
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5937 (עָלַז);
exultant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: joyous, (that) rejoice(-ing)
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › to cut, to sustain
To see and know of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַלִּיז 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- even them that rejoice1 · 14%
- a joyous1 · 14%
- is this your joyous1 · 14%
- of them that rejoice1 · 14%
- in the joyous1 · 14%
- this is the rejoicing1 · 14%
- of thee them that rejoice1 · 14%
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.