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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. Numbers 4:27עַל־ · is to be done at; עֲלֵהֶם֙ · to them
    All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.
  2. Numbers 4:37עַל־ · according to
    These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
  3. Numbers 4:41עַל־ · at
    These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
  4. Numbers 4:45עַל־ · at
    These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.
  5. Numbers 4:49עַל־ · At; עַל־; וְעַל־
    At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  6. Numbers 5:7עָלָ֑יו · to its value
    …and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
  7. Numbers 5:8עָלָֽיו׃ · him
    But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
  8. Numbers 5:14עָלָ֧יו · [her husband]; עָלָ֤יו · him
    …and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
  9. Numbers 5:15עָלֶ֔יהָ · for her; עָלָ֜יו · over; עָלָיו֙ · on it
    …then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
  10. Numbers 5:18עַל־ · in
    After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.
  11. Numbers 5:30עָלָ֛יו
    …or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
  12. Numbers 6:5עַל־
    For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
  13. Numbers 6:6עַל־ · near
    Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
  14. Numbers 6:7עַל־ · is upon
    Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.
  15. Numbers 6:9עָלָיו֙ · in his presence
    If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.
  16. Numbers 6:11עָלָ֔יו · for him; עַל־ · by being in the presence
    And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.
  17. Numbers 6:17עַ֖ל · along with
    He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
  18. Numbers 6:18עַל־ · it on
    Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
  19. Numbers 6:19עַל־ · into
    And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration.
  20. Numbers 6:20עַ֚ל · in addition to; וְעַ֖ל
    The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
  21. Numbers 6:21עַל־ · for; עַ֖ל · according to
    This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
  22. Numbers 6:27עַל־ · on
    So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
  23. Numbers 7:2עַל־
    And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration.
  24. Numbers 7:3עַל־ · from
    They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.
  25. Numbers 7:9עֲלֵהֶ֔ם · on their
    But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
  26. Numbers 7:89מֵעַ֤ל · above; עַל־ · on
    When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.
  27. Numbers 8:7עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · them; עַל־
    This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
  28. Numbers 8:10עַל־ · upon
    You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
  29. Numbers 8:12עַ֖ל · on; עַל־ · for
    And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
  30. Numbers 8:19עַל־ · behalf
    And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
  31. Numbers 8:21עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם · for them
    The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
  32. Numbers 8:22עַל־
    After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  33. Numbers 9:11עַל־ · together with
    Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
  34. Numbers 9:15עַֽל־ · above
    On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
  35. Numbers 9:17מֵעַ֣ל · from above
    Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
  36. Numbers 9:18עַל־ · At; וְעַל־ · and at; עַל־ · over
    At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.