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Job 35:11
“Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָלַףʼâlaph · aw-lof'
H502 · Hebrew
H502 · Hebrew
- Definition
- hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)
- Derivation
- a primitive root, to associate with;
- KJV renderings
- learn, teach, utter.
- Grammar
- מַ֭לְּפֵ — verb Piel, active participle, masculine, singular, construct
- נוּ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 15:5Job 33:33Proverbs 22:25
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָלַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.