# H5965 עָלַס

עָלַס (ʻâlaç), Strong’s H5965: to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously KJV: [idiom] peacock, rejoice, solace self.. Occurs 3 times.

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*ʻâlaç* — to leap for joy, i.e. exult, wave joyously

KJV: [idiom] peacock, rejoice, solace self.

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עָלַס] vb. rejoice
- Qal he shall not rejoice
- Niph. (of ostrich’s wing) = flap joyously
- Hithp. let us delight ourselves in love.

## Where it occurs
- [Proverbs 7:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/7?v=18) — Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
- [Job 20:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/20?v=18) — He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance…
- [Job 39:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/39?v=13) — “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?