BDB6122 [H5968 H5969]

[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.

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