Lexical Definition

‎עָפַל‎ ʻâphal (aw-fal') to swell ^H:V
a primitive root

be lifted up, presume.

• to swell
• figuratively, be elated

1) to lift up, swell, be lifted up
1a) (Pual) to swell
1b) (Hiphil) to be bold, be swelled
2) to presume, be heedless
2a) (Hiphil) to be heedless, show heedlessness

See Greek: ὑποστέλλω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עָפַל‎ verb swell (?; so Thes; inferred from derivatives; Arabic is a tumour in the vulva or anus, apparently denominative (compare II. ‎עֹפֶל‎) see Assyrian uplu, probably tumour (Dl^{HWB 7} ublu, but see Jen^{ThLz 1895, 250})); —

Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎עֻפְּלָה‎ Hab 2:4 according to ᵑ0 (subject ‎נַפְשׁוֺ‎, compare GASm); but substantive needed, Brd^{SK 1889, 121} ‎הַנֶּעֱלָף‎, We Now ‎הָעַוָּל‎, compare Gu^Kau. —

Hiph`il see II. ‎עפל‎. below

II. [‎עָפַל‎] verb perhaps be heedless (Arabic be heedless, neglectful, inadvertent); —

Hiph`il shew heedlessness, Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיַּעְפִּלוּ‎ ‎לַעֲלוֺת‎ Num 14:44 (JE) they shewed heedlessness in going up (went up heedlessly), so de Dieu, cited (and allowed) by Di Buhl^Lex; > Thes and others shewed presumption (I. ‎עפל‎, this sense dubious).

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