H5968

עָלַף

a.laphH:V

to enwrap

1) to cover 1a) (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle) 1b) (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[עָלַף] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., cover, faint; Arabic smear, II. cover, sheath; Assyrian elpitu, pining, exhaustion); —

Pu`al Participle feminine covered, encrusted, construct מְעֻלֶּפֶת Song 5:14 his belly if ivory encrusted with sapphires. Perfect 3 plural בָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּ Isa 51:20 thy sons are enshrouded, enwrapped, i.e. their senses obscured = have swooned away; so also Ezek 31:15, reading 3 feminine singular עֻלָּ֑פָה for substantive עֻלְפֶּה (Kö^{ii. 1, 118}), all the trees have fainted for (עַל) him (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Hi Co and others). Hithpa`el enwrap oneself, Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתִּתְעַלָּ֑ף Gen 38:14 (J); = swoon away, 3 masculine singular וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף Jonah 4:8 3 feminine plural תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה Amos 8:13.

5 occurrences

Genesis (1), Song of Solomon (1), Isaiah (1), Amos (1), Jonah (1)