alaz · exult

What it means

alaz (עָלַז) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “exult”.

Leap for joy, exult.

How to say it

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

1. To leap for joy with shouts; it may be before God or the glee of one who rejoices at another's harm.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• exult ×13
• leap for joy ×2
• leaped for joy ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• Psalms×7
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×4
• Habakkuk×1
• Zephaniah×1

• 2 Samuel 1:20

  Do not report it in Gath, do not carry the news to the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

• Psalms 28:7

  YHWH is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusted, and I was helped; and my heart leaped for joy, and with my song I will give him thanks.

• Psalms 60:6

  Elohim has spoken in his holiness: “I will leap for joy, I will divide Shechem, and the valley of Succoth I will measure out.

• Psalms 68:4

  Sing to Elohim, sing psalms to his name; level the way for him who rides through the steppes; Yah is his name, and leap for joy before him.

• Psalms 94:3

  How long shall the wicked, YHWH, how long shall the wicked exult?

• Psalms 96:12

  let the field exult, and all that is in it; then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy

• Psalms 108:7

  Elohim has spoken in his holiness: “I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and the valley of Succoth I will measure out.

• Psalms 149:5

  Let the faithful exult in glory; let them shout for joy on their beds.

• Proverbs 23:16

  and my kidneys will exult when your lips speak what is right.

• Isaiah 23:12

  And he said, “You will not again exult, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon! Arise, cross over to Kittim; even there there will be no rest for you.”

• Jeremiah 11:15

  What right has my beloved in my house, when she has carried out her schemes, the many? And the holy flesh will pass from upon you, for in your evil, then you exult.

• Jeremiah 15:17

  I did not sit in the circle of those who make merry, nor did I exult; because of your hand I sat alone, for with indignation you filled me.

• Jeremiah 50:11

  Because you rejoice, because you exult, plunderers of my inheritance, because you frisk like a heifer threshing, and neigh like stallions,

• Jeremiah 51:39

  In their heat I will set out their feasts and make them drunk, so that they may exult, and sleep an eternal sleep and not wake up, declares YHWH.

• Habakkuk 3:18

  yet I will exult in YHWH; I will rejoice in the Elohim of my salvation.

• Zephaniah 3:14

  Shout for joy, daughter of Zion; shout aloud, Israel; rejoice and exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.