King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4603
Transliteration: maal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-al')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to act unfaithfully or treacherously
Meaning: to cover up, to act covertly, treacherously
Word Summary
maal: to act unfaithfully or treacherously
Original Word: מָעַלTransliteration: maal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-al')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to act unfaithfully or treacherously
Meaning: to cover up, to act covertly, treacherously
Strong's Concordance
transgress, commit, do a trespassing A primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Treacherously -- transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4603. maal
מָעַל verb act unfaithfully, treacherously, a priestly word (P Ezra, Chronicles), chiefly late (Late Hebrew id., act unfaithfully; Arabic whisper, backbite, perfidy, fraud); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָעַל Joshua 22:20 4t.; 3 feminine singular מָֽעֲלָה Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:12-13t. Perfect; Imperfect יִמְעַל Proverbs 16:10; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 3 feminine singular תִּמְעֹל Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 5:27; 3masculine plural יִמְעֲלוּ Joshua 7:1, וַיִּמְעֲלוּ 1 Chronicles 5:25; 2masculine plural תִּמְעָ֑לוּ Nehemiah 1:8; Infinitive construct לִמְעֹל, so read for HCT למסר Numbers 31:16 Thes Di; — act unfaithfully, treacherously, usually
1 מַ֫עַל מָעַל:
a. absolute בַּחֵרֶם in the matter of the devoted thing (the sin of Achan) Joshua 7:1 (JE), 22:20 (P), compare Leviticus 5:15 (P), 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezekiel 14:13; 15:8; 18:24.
b. wife against (בְּ) husband Numbers 5:12, 27 (P; marital infidelity).
c. elsewhere against (בְּ) God, Leviticus 26:40 (H), Leviticus 5:21; Numbers 5:6; 31:16 (?) Joshua 22:16, 31 (all P), 1 Chronicles 10:13; 28:19; Ezekiel 17:20; 20:27; 39:26; Daniel 9:7.
2 usage without מַעַל (only late):
a. פיו ימעל לא במשׁפט Proverbs 16:10 let not his (the king's) mouth act treacherously against justice (RV in judgment).
b. elsewhere against God, with בְּ, Deuteronomy 32:51 (P), 1 Chronicles 5:25; 12:2; 26:22; 1Chron 30:7; Ezra 10:2; Nehemiah 13:27; Ezekiel 39:23; without בְּ, 2 Chronicles 26:18; 29:6; Ezra 10:10; Nehemiah 1:8; בַּחֵרֶם 1 Chronicles 2:7.