עָלַל (ʿālal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning act the child. It appears
20 times
in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5953).
Also rendered
insert
act severely
to abuse
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1627)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1627)act severely; busy, divert oneself; to practise practices; effect thoroughly, glean, overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose; abuse, affect, defile, do, mock, practise, thoroughly, work
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָלַלverb: act severely
Hithpaal
1.busy, divert oneself with
Hithpolelto practise practices in wickedness (perhaps denominative)
Strong's H5953עָלַל: to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal) KJV:abuse, affect, × child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).
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.