STRONGS NUMBER H4611


Word Summary
maalal: a deed, practice
Original Word: מַעֲלָל
Transliteration: maalal
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-al-awl')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a deed, practice
Meaning: a deed, practice
Strong's Concordance
doing, endeavor, invention, work

From alal; an act (good or bad) -- doing, endeavour, invention, work.

see HEBREW alal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4611. maalal

[מַעֲלָל‎]41 noun masculineNehemiah 9:35 deed, practice; — only plural מַעֲלָלִים1 Samuel 25:3; construct מַעַלְלֵיPsalm 77:12; 78:1; suffix מַעֲלָלֶיךָDeuteronomy 28:20, מַעֲלָלָיוHosea 4:9 +, מַעַלְלֵיכֶםIsaiah 1:16 +, מַעַלְלֵיהֶם3:10 +, etc.; —

1 usually (especially Jeremiah 17 t.) bad practices of men, מַעֲלָלִים רַע1 Samuel 25:3 he was evil in his practices; Judges 2:19 ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎), Hosea 5:5; 7:2; Isaiah 3:8; Jeremiah 11:18; Psalm 106:29; 106:39 ("" מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם‎); ׳מ הָרָעִיםNehemiah 9:35; מ ׳רֹעַthe evil of your (their, etc.) practices Hosea 9:15; Isaiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:4; 21:12 (suffix 3 masculine plural Kt, 2 masculine plural Qr), +; ׳מ הָרָעִיםZechariah 1:4 Qr (+ ׳ד הָרָעִים‎; Kt מעליליהם‎), ׳מ טוֺבִים לֹא אֲשֶׁרEzekiel 36:31 (+ id.); מ ׳הֵרֵעוּMicah 3:4; מ ׳מְּרִי‎, i.e. their consequences, Isaiah 3:10; Jeremiah 17:10; 21:14; 32:19 (+ דֶּרֶךְ‎).

2 deeds of ׳יPsalm 77:12, of אֵל78:7; compare Micah 2:7.

3 acts, in General, of youth Proverbs 20:11 ("" מָּעֳלוֺ‎).

[מעליל‎], מעליליהםZechariah 1:4 Kt, see foregoing 1