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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. Exodus 32:21עָלָ֖יו · into
    “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
  2. Exodus 32:27עַל־ · to
    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
  3. Exodus 32:29עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם · on you
    Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”
  4. Exodus 32:34עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
    Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
  5. Exodus 32:35עַ֚ל · because of
    And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
  6. Exodus 33:4עָלָֽיו׃
    When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
  7. Exodus 33:5מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ
    For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  8. Exodus 33:16עַל־ · on
    For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
  9. Exodus 33:19עַל־ · before
    “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  10. Exodus 33:21עַל־ · upon
    The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
  11. Exodus 33:22עָלֶ֖יךָ
    …and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
  12. Exodus 34:1עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
  13. Exodus 34:2עַל־ · on
    Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
  14. Exodus 34:6עַל־ · in front of
    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  15. Exodus 34:7עַל־ · on; וְעַל־ · and; עַל־ · to; וְעַל־
    …maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
  16. Exodus 34:12עָלֶ֑יהָ
    Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
  17. Exodus 34:25עַל־ · along with
    Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
  18. Exodus 34:27עַל־ · in accordance with
    The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  19. Exodus 34:28עַל־ · [He wrote] on
    So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  20. Exodus 34:33עַל־ · over
    When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
  21. Exodus 34:35עַל־ · over
    …and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.
  22. Exodus 35:22עַל־ · and
    So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
  23. Exodus 36:11עַ֣ל · on
    He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.
  24. Exodus 36:14עַל־ · over
    He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
  25. Exodus 36:17עַ֚ל · along; עַל־ · along
    He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
  26. Exodus 37:3עַ֖ל · for; עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
  27. Exodus 37:5עַ֖ל · on
    He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.
  28. Exodus 37:9עַל־
    And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
  29. Exodus 37:13עַ֚ל · to
    He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.
  30. Exodus 37:16עַל־ · for
    He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
  31. Exodus 37:27עַ֚ל · on; עַ֖ל
    He made two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
  32. Exodus 38:2עַ֚ל · at each of
    He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
  33. Exodus 38:7עַ֚ל · on
    Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
  34. Exodus 38:21עַל־ · at
    This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
  35. Exodus 38:26עַל־ · to
    …a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
  36. Exodus 39:4עַל־ · at
    They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.
  37. Exodus 39:5עָלָ֗יו · of
    And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  38. Exodus 39:6עַל־ · with
    They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.
  39. Exodus 39:7עַ֚ל · on
    Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  40. Exodus 39:14עַל־ · corresponded to; עַל־; עַל־ · with
    The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.