Lexicon
עָלַל
a.lal
H5953D
H:V Hebrew

to thrust

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Hebrew
Language

a.lal describes the speaker's completed act of thrusting his horn into the dust in Job 16:15.

The sole attested use describes a completed act in which the speaker thrusts his horn into the dust.

Senses in use

  1. Thrusting a horn into the dust · dominant

    In Job 16:15, the Poel perfect first-common-singular form occurs in the speaker's statement about his horn and the dust; the APB renders the clause, "and thrust my horn into the dust."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 16:15, the APB presents the clause as "and thrust my horn into the dust." This rendering confirms the clause's action without isolating every feature of the Hebrew form.

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