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# עָלַז

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5937

**exult** — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

exult [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5937/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָלַז: vb. exult [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5937/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. exult (‖ form of עלץ q.v.; cf. Ph. n.pr.m. נבעלז);— Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲלֹז ψ 96:12; 1 s. וָאֶעְלֹז Je 15:17; אֶעֱלֹ֑זָה ψ 60:8; 108:8; 3 mpl. יַעְלְזוּ 149:5, יַעֲ֑לֹזוּ Je 51:39 ψ 94:3, etc.; Imv. fs. עָלְזִי Zp 3:14; mpl. עִלְזוּ ψ 68:5; Inf. cstr. לַעֲלוֹז Is 23:12;—exult, triumph Is 23:12 Je 15:17; of Isr.’s foes 2 S 1:20; Je 50:11 (‖ שׂמח), of wicked ψ 94:3 Je 11:15; of Isr. Zp 3:14 (+ שִׂמְחִי), בְּי׳ אֶע׳ Hb 3:18 in י׳ will I exult (‖ אָגִילָה), ψ 149:5; ע׳ לְכָּנָיו 68:5; subj. לִבִּי 28:7, כִּלְיוֹתָ֑י Pr 23:16; fig. of field ψ 96:12 (‖ רָנַן); of י׳ ψ 60:8 = 108:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I will exult (3); exult (3); I rejoiced (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 94:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.3/#tree)

עַד־מָתַ֖י רְשָׁעִ֥ים ׀ יְהוָ֑ה עַד־מָ֝תַ֗י רְשָׁעִ֥ים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* until when? wicked.\[people\] O.Yahweh until when? wicked.\[people\] will.they.exult

*JPS 1917:* LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

[Psalms 149:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.5/#tree)

יַעְלְז֣וּ חֲסִידִ֣ים בְּכָב֑וֹד יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* let.them.exult faithful.\[people\] in honor let.them.sing.for.joy on beds their

*JPS 1917:* Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5937.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5937/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).