King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H502
Transliteration: alaph
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lof')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to learn
Meaning: to learn
Word 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.