STRONGS NUMBER H5966


Word Summary
ala: perhaps to sip up
Original Word: עָלַע
Transliteration: ala
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: perhaps to sip up
Meaning: perhaps to sip up
Strong's Concordance
suck up

A prim root; to sip up -- suck up.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5966. ala

[עָלַע‎] verb assumed as √ of

Pi`el Imperfect3masculine plural בֻדָֿ֑ם לַ דלִאוּ יְעַלְעJob 39:30 they drink (?) blood, but read probably יְלַעְלְעוּ‎ (√ I. לוּעַ‎) Thes Ol De Me Di and others