- אלף
- אֲלַףII, (יְלֵיף) אֲלֵיף (h. אָלַף, √לף to join, be joined) to become used; to learn, study, train ones self.אֲלִיף accustomed, used to. Targ. 1 Sam. 17:39. Targ. O. Num. 22:30.Targ. Deut. 5:1; a. fr. (v. also יְלֵיף).Cant. R. to II, 2 צבי רבי דייליף would you like to study? B. Bath. 111b top גוד לית דין צבי למילף take me away from here, this man has no desire to learn (but only to argue). Taan.4a man is bound למֵילַף נפשיה בניחותא (prob. למַלֵּיף, v. infra) to train himself to be gentle; a. fr. Pa. אַלֵּיף, אַלַּף to train, teach. Targ. Ps. 18:35 מַלֵּיף (= מְאַלֵּף). Targ. Prov. 11:25; a. fr.Koh. to 9:10 thou didst emigrate למילף for the sake of studying, והוא גלי לאַלָּפָא but he emigrated for the sake of teaching. Y.Dem.I, 22a top ולא כן אַלְּפָן רבי (not איל׳) did you not teach us thus?א׳ זכו, v. infra. Af. אֹולֵף as Pa. Lev. R. s. 30 (מַלֵּיף) מֹולִיף עלי זכו offers arguments in my favor. Ithpa. אִתְאַלַּף to exercise, practice, exert ones self. Targ. Is. 2:4; 26:9.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
