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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 9:19עַל־ · over
    Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
  2. Numbers 9:20עַל־ · over; עַל־ · at; וְעַל־ · at
    Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.
  3. Numbers 9:22עַל־ · over; עָלָ֔יו
    Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
  4. Numbers 9:23עַל־ · at; וְעַל־ · at; עַל־ · according to
    They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.
  5. Numbers 10:9עַל־ · against
    When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
  6. Numbers 10:10עַ֚ל · over; וְעַ֖ל
    And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
  7. Numbers 10:11מֵעַ֖ל · from above
    On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
  8. Numbers 10:13עַל־ · according to
    They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
  9. Numbers 10:14וְעַל־ · in command
    First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
  10. Numbers 10:15וְעַ֨ל־ · was over
    Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
  11. Numbers 10:16וְעַ֨ל־ · was over
    …and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
  12. Numbers 10:18וְעַל־ · in command
    Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
  13. Numbers 10:19וְעַ֨ל־ · was over
    Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,
  14. Numbers 10:20וְעַל־ · was over
    …and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
  15. Numbers 10:22וְעַל־ · in command
    Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
  16. Numbers 10:23וְעַ֨ל־ · was over
    Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
  17. Numbers 10:24וְעַ֨ל־ · was over
    …and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
  18. Numbers 10:25וְעַל־ · in command
    Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
  19. Numbers 10:26וְעַל־ · was over
    Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
  20. Numbers 10:27וְעַ֨ל־ · was over
    …and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
  21. Numbers 10:29עַל־ · things to
    Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
  22. Numbers 10:31עַל־
    “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
  23. Numbers 10:34עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · was over them
    And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
  24. Numbers 11:9עַל־ · on; עָלָֽיו׃ · with it
    When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
  25. Numbers 11:11עָלָֽי׃ · upon me
    So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
  26. Numbers 11:12עַ֚ל · to
    Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
  27. Numbers 11:13עָלַי֙ · to me
    Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
  28. Numbers 11:17עָלֶ֖יךָ · on you; עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · [that Spirit] on them
    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  29. Numbers 11:25עָלָ֔יו · was on [Moses]; עַל־ · that Spirit on; עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · on them
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  30. Numbers 11:26עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם · on them
    Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
  31. Numbers 11:29עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · on them
    But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
  32. Numbers 11:31עַל־ · near; עַל־ · above
    Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
  33. Numbers 12:1עַל־ · because of
    Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
  34. Numbers 12:3עַל־ · on
    Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
  35. Numbers 12:10מֵעַ֣ל · from above
    As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
  36. Numbers 12:11עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ · against us
    …and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
  37. Numbers 13:3עַל־ · So at
    So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
  38. Numbers 13:18עָלֶ֔יהָ
    See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
  39. Numbers 13:24עַ֚ל · Because of
    Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.