*ʕwl: 'to act unjustly; injustice'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕwl
Meaning'to act unjustly; injustice'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewʿwl (pi.); ʿāwel (HALOT 797); ʿawlâ (HALOT 798)HALOT 797; HALOT 798gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʿawlā (HALOT 797)HALOT 797gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʿwal 'to do iniquity; to wrong' (Payne Smith 404); ʿawwāl 'unjust, unrighteous, lawless; evil-doer'; ʿawlā 'iniquity, injustice, injury, wrong' (Payne Smith 405)Payne Smith 404; Payne Smith 405
Arabicʿāla 'he (a judge) deviated from the right course, acted wrongfully' (Lane 2200)Lane 2200

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Notes

HALOT 797 compares Geez ʿalawa and Tigre 'to spoil, act treacherously, rebel'; LGz. 62 takes ʿwl as a metathesis of ʿlw. 2144 *ʕVwVl- 'young of animals' is HALOT's II ʿwl.

Updated 26 October 2026

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