אָלַף
alaf · learn, teach
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H502 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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alaf (אָלַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “learn, teach”.
To learn; in another form of the verb, to teach.
How to say it
a·laf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To make known what one knows, to teach; or to be taught.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- teaches ×2
- I will teach you ×1
- you learn ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 15:5
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
- Job 33:33
If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
- Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and more than the birds of the heavens makes us wise?’
- Proverbs 22:25
lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul.