H5968. alaph
[עָלַף] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., cover, faint; Arabic smear, II. cover, sheath; Assyrian elpitu, pining, exhaustion); —
Pu`al Participle feminine covered, encrusted, construct מְעֻלֶּפֶת [Song 5:14] his belly if ivory encrusted with sapphires. Perfect3plural עֻלְּפוּ בָּנַיִךְ [Isa 51:20] thy sons are enshrouded, enwrapped, i.e. their senses obscured = have swooned away; so also [Ezek 31:15], reading 3feminine singular עֻלָּ֑פָה for substantive עֻלְמֶּה (Köii. 1, 118), all the trees have fainted for (עַל) him (so ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Hi Co and others).
Hithpa`el enwrap oneself, Imperfect3feminine singular וַתִּתְעַלָּ֑ף [Gen 38:14] (J); = swoon away, 3 masculine singular וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף [Jonah 4:8]; [3]feminine plural תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה [Amos 8:13].