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עַל

aluponHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPreposition5,774 occurrences39 books4,492 verses

Definition

properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
Traditional renderings: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,774 total
  1. Amos 2:7עַל־ · as on
    They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
  2. Amos 2:8וְעַל־ · on
    They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
  3. Amos 2:12וְעַל־
    “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
  4. Amos 3:1עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם · against you; עַ֚ל · against
    Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  5. Amos 3:2עַל־ · therefore; עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · you
    “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
  6. Amos 3:5עַל־ · in
    Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
  7. Amos 3:9עַל־ · to; וְעַֽל־ · and to; עַל־ · on
    Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
  8. Amos 3:14עָלָ֑יו; עַל־ · on
    On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
  9. Amos 3:15עַל־ · along with
    I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
  10. Amos 4:2עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
    The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
  11. Amos 4:7עַל־ · on; וְעַל־ · from; עָלֶ֖יהָ
    “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
  12. Amos 4:13עַל־ · on
    For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
  13. Amos 5:1עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם · against you
    Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
  14. Amos 5:2עַל־ · on
    “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
  15. Amos 5:8עַל־ · over
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
  16. Amos 5:9עַל־ · on; עַל־ · upon
    He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
  17. Amos 5:11עַל־ · on
    Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
  18. Amos 5:19עַל־ · against
    It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
  19. Amos 5:23מֵעָלַ֖י · from Me
    Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
  20. Amos 6:4עַל־ · on; עַל־ · upon
    You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
  21. Amos 6:5עַל־ · songs
    You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
  22. Amos 6:6עַל־ · over
    You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  23. Amos 6:14עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם · against you
    For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
  24. Amos 7:3עַל־ · from
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
  25. Amos 7:6עַל־ · from
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  26. Amos 7:7עַל־ · by
    This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
  27. Amos 7:9עַל־ · against
    The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
  28. Amos 7:10עָלֶ֜יךָ · against you
    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
  29. Amos 7:11מֵעַ֥ל · away from
    …for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  30. Amos 7:16עַל־ · against; עַל־ · against
    Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
  31. Amos 7:17עַל־ · on; מֵעַ֥ל · away from
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  32. Amos 8:8הַ֤עַל · for
    Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
  33. Amos 8:10עַל־; וְעַל־
    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
  34. Amos 9:1עַֽל־ · beside
    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
  35. Amos 9:4עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם · upon them
    Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
  36. Amos 9:6עַל־ · upon; עַל־ · over
    He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
  37. Amos 9:8מֵעַ֖ל · from
    Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.