אָלַח
ʾālaḥ
be corrupt
Strong's H444VerbHebrewTWOT 98

אָלַח (ʾālaḥ) is a Hebrew verb meaning be corrupt. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H444).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 98)

Range of meaning (TWOT 98)be corrupt, tainted; muddle, turn; become filthy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָלַח verb: be corrupt, tainted

only Niphal be corrupt morally; tainted

Strong's H444 אָלַח: to muddle, i.e. (figuratively and intransitive) to turn (morally) corrupt
KJV:become filthy.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Job 15:16Psalms 14:3

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