Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5968
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- `alaph
- Pronunciation
- aw-laf'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5968
- Brief meaning
- To veil or cover, figuratively, to be languid
- Source renderings
- faint, overlaid, wrap self
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
05968\ 5968 `alaph aw-laf' a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid:--faint, overlaid, wrap self.