Lexical Definition

‎עָלַף‎ ʻâlaph (aw-laf') to enwrap ^H:V
a primitive root

faint, overlaid, wrap self.

• to veil or cover
• figuratively, to be languid

1) to cover
1a) (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint

See Greek: ἀπορέω · ἐκλείπω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: עֻלְפֶּה

[‎עָלַף‎] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., cover, faint; Arabic smear, II. cover, sheath; Assyrian elpitu, pining, exhaustion); —

Pu`al Participle feminine covered, encrusted, construct ‎מְעֻלֶּפֶת‎ Song 5:14 his belly if ivory encrusted with sapphires. Perfect 3 plural ‎בָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּ‎ Isa 51:20 thy sons are enshrouded, enwrapped, i.e. their senses obscured = have swooned away; so also Ezek 31:15, reading 3 feminine singular ‎עֻלָּ֑פָה‎ for substantive ‎עֻלְפֶּה‎ (Kö<sup>ii. 1, 118</sup>), all the trees have fainted for (‎עַל‎) him (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Hi Co and others). Hithpa`el enwrap oneself, Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּתְעַלָּ֑ף‎ Gen 38:14 (J); = swoon away, 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף‎ Jonah 4:8 3 feminine plural ‎תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה‎ Amos 8:13.

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