Alaph עָלַף

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Alaph (Hebrew עָלַף, Strong's H5968) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to enwrap”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to cover
1a) (Pual) covered, encrusted (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to enwrap oneself, disguise oneself, faint

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	fainted (2), herself (1), overlaid (1), faint (1)
BSB	covered her face (1), bedecked (1), have fainted (1), will faint (1), he grew faint (1)

Every verse with Alaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 38:14
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.

Isaiah 51:20
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

Amos 8:13
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.

Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).