King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5965
Transliteration: alas
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-las')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rejoice
Meaning: to leap for, joy, exult, wave joyously
Word Summary
alas: to rejoice
Original Word: עָלַסTransliteration: alas
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-las')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rejoice
Meaning: to leap for, joy, exult, wave joyously
Strong's Concordance
Exult, wave joyouslyA primitive root; to leap for joy, i.e. Exult, wave joyously -- X peacock, rejoice, solace self.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5965. alas
[עָלַס] verb rejoice ("" with עָלַץ עָלַז,, q. v.; Late Hebrew עֲלִיסָה rejoicing (once LevyNHWB iii. 657)); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲלֹס Job 20:18 he shall not rejoice.
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נֶעֱלָ֑סָה Job 39:13 (of ostrich's wing) = flap joyously.
Hithpa`el Imperfect1plural cohortative נִתְעַלְּסָה Proverbs 7:18 let us delight ourselves in (ב) love.