Lexicon
עָלַל
a.lal
H5953B
H:V Hebrew

to glean

5
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.lal denotes gathering what remains, especially from a vineyard, and is applied once to collecting men after battle.

The dominant use concerns gathering what remains in a vineyard: the commands in Leviticus 19:10 and Deuteronomy 24:21 prohibit completing that gathering, while Jeremiah 6:9 applies the vine imagery to the remnant of Israel. Judges 20:45 uses the verb in a battle report for the collecting of men along the highways.

Senses in use

  1. Gathering vineyard remnants · dominant

    In Leviticus 19:10 and Deuteronomy 24:21, the Poel imperfect form occurs in prohibitions concerning a vineyard: what is not gathered is to be left for the afflicted, sojourner, orphan, and widow. In Jeremiah 6:9, the supplied Poel infinitive-absolute morphology accompanies the command to gather the remnant of Israel "as on a vine"; the APB renders the clause "Glean, let them glean."

  2. Collecting men in pursuit · rare

    In Judges 20:45, the Poel sequential imperfect form describes the fleeing group after the battle; the APB renders that they "gleaned five thousand men on the highways" before pursuing and striking further men.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "glean" in each supplied context, including vineyard commands, the vine comparison for Israel's remnant, and the battle report. This repeated English wording confirms the clauses' presentation without isolating every contribution of the Hebrew form.

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Across Scripture