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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אָלָה

אָלָה

H422

Transliteration: ʼâlâh

Pronunciation: aw-law'

Definition: adjure


Original: אלה

Transliteration: 'âlâh

Phonetic: aw-law'

BDB Definition:

  1. to swear, curse
    1. (Qal)
      1. to swear, take an oath (before God)
      2. to curse
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to put under oath, adjure
      2. to put under a curse

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 94

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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