a.lats denotes rejoicing or exulting, expressed by individuals, communities, and creation in varied circumstances.

The attested use describes rejoicing or exulting in settings of praise, prayer, prosperity, and response to enemies: the sea and field are summoned to exult, Hannah’s heart rejoices, a town responds to the righteous’s prosperity, and worshipers or enemies are described in relation to rejoicing.

1. Rejoicing or exulting in response to a circumstance · dominant

   Across the occurrences, Qal forms describe rejoicing in concrete settings: in 1 Chronicles 16:32 the sea is told to roar and the field to exult, while 1 Samuel 2:1 places the form in Hannah’s prayer about her heart, exaltation, enemies, and salvation. Proverbs 11:10 and Proverbs 28:12 connect the action with the righteous and the town, and Psalm 25:2 uses it in the appeal that enemies not rejoice over the speaker. The plural forms in Psalm 5:12 and Psalm 68:4 occur in verses about the righteous being blessed and about singing praise before God; Psalm 9:3 places the cohortative form in the setting of enemies turning back and perishing.

   1 Chronicles 16:321 Samuel 2:1Proverbs 11:10Proverbs 28:12Psalm 25:2Psalm 68:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “exult” in 1 Chronicles 16:32 and Psalm 68:4 and “rejoices” in 1 Samuel 2:1, Proverbs 11:10, Proverbs 28:12, and Psalm 25:2. Its whole-verse translation does not visibly express the term in Psalm 5:12 or Psalm 9:3, so its wording cannot be treated as a consistent word-for-word rendering.