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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. Genesis 9:2עַ֚ל · on; וְעַ֖ל
    The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
  2. Genesis 9:14עַל־ · over
    Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
  3. Genesis 9:16עַל־ · on
    And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
  4. Genesis 9:17עַל־ · on
    So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
  5. Genesis 9:23עַל־ · it across
    Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
  6. Genesis 10:9עַל־ · so
    He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
  7. Genesis 11:4עַל־ · over
    “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
  8. Genesis 11:8עַל־ · over
    So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
  9. Genesis 11:9עַל־ · That is why; עַל־ · over
    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
  10. Genesis 11:28עַל־ · During
    During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
  11. Genesis 12:17עַל־ · because of
    The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
  12. Genesis 12:20עָלָ֛יו · concerning [Abram]
    Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
  13. Genesis 13:9מֵעָלָ֑י · from me
    Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
  14. Genesis 13:11מֵעַ֥ל · company
    So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
  15. Genesis 14:6עַל־ · near
    …and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
  16. Genesis 14:15עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם׀
    During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
  17. Genesis 15:11עַל־ · on
    And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
  18. Genesis 15:12עַל־ · into; עָלָֽיו׃ · him
    As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
  19. Genesis 16:5עָלֶיךָ֒ · [be] upon you
    Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
  20. Genesis 16:7עַל־ · [Hagar] by; עַל־
    Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
  21. Genesis 16:12וְעַל־ · in hostility
    He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
  22. Genesis 16:14עַל־ · Therefore
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
  23. Genesis 17:3עַל־
    Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
  24. Genesis 17:17עַל־
    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
  25. Genesis 17:22מֵעַ֖ל · from
    When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
  26. Genesis 18:2עָלָ֑יו · nearby
    And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
  27. Genesis 18:3מֵעַ֥ל
    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
  28. Genesis 18:5עַל־; עַֽל־
    And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
  29. Genesis 18:8עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם · by them
    Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
  30. Genesis 18:16עַל־ · over
    When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
  31. Genesis 18:19עַל־ · upon; עָלָֽיו׃
    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
  32. Genesis 19:4עַל־
    Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
  33. Genesis 19:8עַל־
    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
  34. Genesis 19:16עָלָ֑יו · for them
    But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
  35. Genesis 19:17עַל־ · for
    As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
  36. Genesis 19:22עַל־ · That is why
    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
  37. Genesis 19:23עַל־ · over
    And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
  38. Genesis 19:24עַל־ · on; וְעַל־
    Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  39. Genesis 19:28עַל־ · down; וְעַֽל־
    He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
  40. Genesis 19:31עָלֵ֔ינוּ · us
    One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
  41. Genesis 20:3עַל־ · because of
    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  42. Genesis 20:6עַל־ · That is why
    Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.