Hebrew edit

Root
א־ל־ף (ʾ-l-p)

Verb edit

אילף / אִלֵּף (iléf) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אולף / אֻלַּף)

  1. to tame, to train
  2. (dated, Biblical Hebrew) to teach
    • Tanach, Job 33:33, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      אִם־אַיִן אַתָּה שְׁמַע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ חָכְמָה׃
      But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
  3. (sarcastic) to restrain

Conjugation edit