עָלַס
alas · rejoice
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5965 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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alas (עָלַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rejoice”.
To rejoice, to leap for joy.
How to say it
a·las
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 leap for joy; to take pleasure.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- flaps joyfully ×1
- let us delight ourselves ×1
- rejoice ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 20:18
He gives back what he toiled for, and does not swallow it; according to the wealth of what he got in exchange, he does not rejoice.
- Job 39:13
The wing of the ostrich flaps joyfully; is it the pinion of the stork and plumage?
- Proverbs 7:18
Come, let us drink our fill of love until the morning; let us delight ourselves with caresses.