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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. Deuteronomy 7:13עַ֚ל · in
    He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
  2. Deuteronomy 7:16עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · on them
    You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
  3. Deuteronomy 7:22עָלֶ֖יךָ · around you
    The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
  4. Deuteronomy 7:25עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · [that is] on them
    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
  5. Deuteronomy 8:3עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
  6. Deuteronomy 8:4מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ
    Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
  7. Deuteronomy 8:10עַל־ · for
    When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
  8. Deuteronomy 9:10וַעֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
    Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
  9. Deuteronomy 9:15עַ֖ל · in
    So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
  10. Deuteronomy 9:17מֵעַ֖ל · out of
    So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
  11. Deuteronomy 9:18עַ֤ל · because of
    Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
  12. Deuteronomy 9:19עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם · against you
    For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
  13. Deuteronomy 10:2עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
  14. Deuteronomy 10:4עַֽל־ · on
    And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
  15. Deuteronomy 10:9עַל־ · That is why
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
  16. Deuteronomy 11:4עַל־
    …what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
  17. Deuteronomy 11:9עַל־ · in
    …and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  18. Deuteronomy 11:17מֵעַל֙ · from
    …or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
  19. Deuteronomy 11:18עַל־ · in your; וְעַֽל־ · and; עַל־ · on
    Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
  20. Deuteronomy 11:20עַל־ · on
    Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
  21. Deuteronomy 11:21עַ֚ל · in; עַל־ · are above
    …so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
  22. Deuteronomy 11:25עַל־ · of you
    No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
  23. Deuteronomy 11:29עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
  24. Deuteronomy 12:1עַל־
    These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
  25. Deuteronomy 12:2עַל־ · atop; וְעַל־ · on
    Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
  26. Deuteronomy 12:16עַל־ · it on
    …but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  27. Deuteronomy 12:19עַל־ · long as you live in
    …and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
  28. Deuteronomy 12:24עַל־ · it on
    You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  29. Deuteronomy 12:27עַל־ · on; עַל־ · beside
    Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
  30. Deuteronomy 12:32עָלָ֔יו · to it
    See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
  31. Deuteronomy 13:5עַל־ · against
    Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  32. Deuteronomy 13:8עָלָ֔יו; עָלָֽיו׃ · him
    …you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
  33. Deuteronomy 13:10מֵעַל֙ · away from
    Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  34. Deuteronomy 14:2עַל־ · on
    …for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
  35. Deuteronomy 15:9עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ · against you
    Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  36. Deuteronomy 15:11עַל־ · that is why
    For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
  37. Deuteronomy 15:15עַל־ · that is why
    Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
  38. Deuteronomy 15:23עַל־ · it on
    But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  39. Deuteronomy 16:3עָלָיו֙ · with it; עָלָ֥יו · with it
    You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
  40. Deuteronomy 17:6עַל־ · On
    On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.