Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲלָל‎ maʻălâl (mah-al-awl') deed ^H:N-M
from ‎עָלַל‎

doing, endeavour, invention, work.

• an act (good or bad)

1) deed, practice
1a) practice (usually bad)
1b) deeds
1c) acts

See Greek: ἀνομία · πρᾶγμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַעֲלָל‎]₄₁ noun masculine^{Neh 9:35} deed, practice; — only plural ‎מַעֲלָלִים‎ 1Sam 25:3 construct ‎מַעַלְלֵי‎ Ps 77:12*; Ps 78:1 suffix ‎מַעֲלָלֶיךָ‎ Deut 28:20, ‎מַעֲלָלָיו‎ Hos 4:9 +, ‎מַעַלְלֵיכֶם‎ Isa 1:16 +, ‎מַעַלְלֵיהֶם‎ Isa 3:10 +, etc.; —

1. usually (especially Jer 17 t.) bad practices of men, ‎רַע מַעֲלָלִים‎ 1Sam 25:3 he was evil in his practices; Judg 2:19 (|| ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎), Hos 5:5; Hos 7:2; Isa 3:8; Jer 11:18; Ps 106:29; Ps 106:39 (|| ‎מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם‎); ‎הָרָעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Neh 9:35 ‎׳‎‎רֹעַ מ‎ the evil of your (their, etc.) practices Hos 9:15; Isa 1:16; Jer 4:4; Jer 21:12 (suffix 3 masculine plural Kt, 2 masculine plural Qr), +; ‎הָרָעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Zech 1:4 Qr (+ ‎הָרָעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎; Kt ‎מעליליהם‎), ‎אֲשֶׁר לֹא טוֺבִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 36:31 (+ id.); ‎׳‎‎הֵרֵעוּ מ‎ Mic 3:4 ‎׳‎‎פְּרִי מ‎, i.e. their consequences, Isa 3:10; Jer 17:10; Jer 21:14; Jer 32:19 (+ ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎).

2. deeds of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 77:12*, of ‎אֵל‎ Ps 78:7 compare Mic 2:7.

3. acts, in general, of youth Prov 20:11 (|| ‎פָּעֳלוֺ‎).

[‎מעליל‎], ‎מעליליהם‎ Zech 1:4 Kt, see foregoing

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