H6075B

עָפַל

a.phalH:V

to presume

1) to presume, be heedless 1a) (Hiphil) to be heedless, show heedlessness

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. עָפַל verb swell (?; so Thes; inferred from derivatives; Arabic is a tumour in the vulva or anus, apparently denominative (compare II. עֹפֶל) see Assyrian uplu, probably tumour (Dl^{HWB 7} ublu, but see Jen^{ThLz 1895, 250})); —

Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular עֻפְּלָה Hab 2:4 according to ᵑ0 (subject נַפְשׁוֺ, compare GASm); but substantive needed, Brd^{SK 1889, 121} הַנֶּעֱלָף, We Now הָעַוָּל, compare Gu^Kau. —

Hiph`il see II. עפל. below

II. [עָפַל] verb perhaps be heedless (Arabic be heedless, neglectful, inadvertent); —

Hiph`il shew heedlessness, Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיַּעְפִּלוּ לַעֲלוֺת Num 14:44 (JE) they shewed heedlessness in going up (went up heedlessly), so de Dieu, cited (and allowed) by Di Buhl^Lex; > Thes and others shewed presumption (I. עפל, this sense dubious).

1 occurrence

Numbers 14:44