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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. Zechariah 14:4עַל־
    On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
  2. Zechariah 14:9עַל־ · over
    On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
  3. Zechariah 14:12עַל־ · against; עַל־ · on
    And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
  4. Zechariah 14:13עַל־ · against
    On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
  5. Zechariah 14:16עַל־ · against
    Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
  6. Zechariah 14:17עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · on them
    And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
  7. Zechariah 14:18עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · fall on them
    And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
  8. Zechariah 14:20עַל־ · on
    On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
  9. Malachi 1:5מֵעַ֖ל · even beyond
    You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
  10. Malachi 1:7עַֽל־ · on
    By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
  11. Malachi 2:2עַל־ · to; עַל־ · it to
    If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
  12. Malachi 2:3עַל־ · on
    Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
  13. Malachi 2:14עַל־ · Why; עַ֡ל · It is because
    Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
  14. Malachi 2:16עַל־ · with
    “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
  15. Malachi 3:13עָלַ֛י · against Me; עָלֶֽיךָ׃ · against You
    “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
  16. Malachi 3:17עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · them; עַל־ · his own
    “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
  17. Malachi 4:4עַל־ · for
    “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
  18. Malachi 4:6עַל־ · to; עַל־ · to
    And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”