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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. Micah 3:11עָלֵ֖ינוּ · upon us
    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  2. Micah 4:1עָלָ֖יו · to it
    In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
  3. Micah 4:7עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · over them
    And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
  4. Micah 4:11עָלַ֖יִךְ · against you
    But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
  5. Micah 5:1עָלֵ֑ינוּ · against us; עַֽל־
    Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
  6. Micah 5:3עַל־ · to
    Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
  7. Micah 5:5עָלָיו֙ · against it
    And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
  8. Micah 5:7עֲלֵי־ · on
    Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
  9. Micah 5:9עַל־ · over
    Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
  10. Micah 6:13עַל־ · because of
    Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
  11. Micah 7:3עַל־
    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
  12. Micah 7:13עַל־ · because of
    Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
  13. Micah 7:16עַל־ · over
    Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
  14. Micah 7:18עַל־ · over
    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  15. Nahum 1:11עַל־ · against
    From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
  16. Nahum 1:13מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְ · from your neck
    For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
  17. Nahum 1:14עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ · concerning you, [O Nineveh]
    The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
  18. Nahum 1:15עַל־ · to
    Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
  19. Nahum 2:1עַל־ · against
    One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
  20. Nahum 2:7עַל־ · upon
    It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
  21. Nahum 3:5עַל־ · over
    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
  22. Nahum 3:6עָלַ֛יִךְ · you
    I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.
  23. Nahum 3:10וְעַל־ · for
    Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
  24. Nahum 3:12עַל־ · into
    All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
  25. Nahum 3:18עַל־ · on
    O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
  26. Nahum 3:19עָלֶ֔יךָ · your [downfall]; עַל־
    There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
  27. Habakkuk 1:4עַל־ · Therefore; עַל־ · so that
    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
  28. Habakkuk 1:15עַל־ · so
    The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
  29. Habakkuk 1:16עַל־ · Therefore
    Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
  30. Habakkuk 1:17הַ֥עַל · Will he
    Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
  31. Habakkuk 2:1עַל־ · at; עַל־ · on; עַל־ · when
    I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
  32. Habakkuk 2:2עַל־ · inscribe it on
    Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
  33. Habakkuk 2:6עָלָיו֙ · against him; עָלָ֖יו
    Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
  34. Habakkuk 2:14עַל־
    For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
  35. Habakkuk 2:15עַל־ · at
    Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
  36. Habakkuk 2:16עָלֶ֗יךָ · to you; עַל־
    You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
  37. Habakkuk 2:18עָלָ֔יו
    What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
  38. Habakkuk 3:1עַ֖ל · according to
    This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:
  39. Habakkuk 3:8עַל־ · on
    Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
  40. Habakkuk 3:19וְעַ֥ל · upon
    GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
  41. Zephaniah 1:2מֵעַ֛ל · from
    “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
  42. Zephaniah 1:3מֵעַ֛ל · from
    “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
  43. Zephaniah 1:4עַל־ · against
    “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—