King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4611
Transliteration: maalal
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-al-awl')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a deed, practice
Meaning: a deed, practice
Word Summary
maalal: a deed, practice
Original Word: מַעֲלָלTransliteration: 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 מַעֲלָלִים 1 Samuel 25:3; construct מַעַלְלֵי Psalm 77:12; 78:1; suffix מַעֲלָלֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:20, מַעֲלָלָיו Hosea 4:9 +, מַעַלְלֵיכֶם Isaiah 1:16 +, מַעַלְלֵיהֶם 3:10 +, etc.; —
1 usually (especially Jeremiah 17 t.) bad practices of men, מַעֲלָלִים רַע 1 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 הָרָעִים Nehemiah 9:35; מ ׳רֹעַ the 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 הָרָעִים Zechariah 1:4 Qr (+ ׳ד הָרָעִים; Kt מעליליהם), ׳מ טוֺבִים לֹא אֲשֶׁר Ezekiel 36:31 (+ id.); מ ׳הֵרֵעוּ Micah 3:4; מ ׳מְּרִי, i.e. their consequences, Isaiah 3:10; Jeremiah 17:10; 21:14; 32:19 (+ דֶּרֶךְ).
2 deeds of ׳י Psalm 77:12, of אֵל 78:7; compare Micah 2:7.
3 acts, in General, of youth Proverbs 20:11 ("" מָּעֳלוֺ).
[מעליל], מעליליהם Zechariah 1:4 Kt, see foregoing 1