a.lach describes people portrayed as corrupt or morally spoiled, whether an individual or a group.

The attested use presents corruption as a condition applied to an individual in Job 15:16 and to a collective in Psalm 14:3 and Psalm 53:4; the supplied forms differ in number and verbal form, but the verses support one observed use rather than separate meanings.

1. Being portrayed as corrupt · dominant

   In Job 15:16, the Niphal participle describes “one who is abhorred and corrupt,” identifying a man who drinks injustice like water. In Psalm 14:3, the Niphal perfect applies to all who have turned aside and “have become corrupt”; Psalm 53:4 uses the same plural perfect form in a verse about workers of wickedness who devour the people and do not call upon God.

   Job 15:16Psalm 14:3Psalm 53:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “corrupt” in Job 15:16 and Psalm 14:3. In Psalm 53:4, its translation instead foregrounds workers of wickedness, their devouring of the people, and their failure to call upon God.