Lexical Summary alaph: to learn Original Word: אָלַףTransliteration: alaph Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lof') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to learn Meaning: to learn Strong's Concordance learn, teach, utter A primitive root, to associate with; hence, to learn (and causatively to teach) -- learn, teach, utter. Brown-Driver-Briggs H502. alaph I. [אָלַף] verb learn (Arabic keep, cleave to, become familiar with; Aramaic אֲלַף, , learn, , Pa teach). Qal Imperfect2masculine singular אֹרְחֹתָו֯ תֶּאֱלַף Proverbs 22:25; Pi`el teach, followed by accusative מִּיךָ יְאַלֵּף Job 15:5 (subject עֲוֺנְךָ); so Participle מַלְּפֵנוּ (for ׳מְאַלְּ Sta§ lll, 3 Kö1, 388 Ge:§ 68 fin., compare Ew§ 73 b) 35:11; followed by 2accusative חָכְמָה אֲאַלֶּפְךָ 33:33. |