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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 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.
  2. Deuteronomy 17:10עַל־
    You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
  3. Deuteronomy 17:11עַל־ · according; וְעַל־
    …according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
  4. Deuteronomy 17:14עָלַי֙ · over us
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
  5. Deuteronomy 17:15עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ · over yourselves; עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ · over yourselves; עָלֶ֙יךָ֙
    …you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
  6. Deuteronomy 17:18עַ֖ל · on; עַל־ · on
    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
  7. Deuteronomy 17:20עַל־ · over
    Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
  8. Deuteronomy 18:8עַל־ · he has received [money] from
    They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
  9. Deuteronomy 19:7עַל־ · This is why
    This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
  10. Deuteronomy 19:9עַ֖ל · to
    …and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
  11. Deuteronomy 19:10עָלֶ֖יךָ
    Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
  12. Deuteronomy 19:11עָלָ֔יו · him
    If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
  13. Deuteronomy 19:13עָלָ֑יו
    You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
  14. Deuteronomy 19:15עַל־ · by; עַל־
    A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  15. Deuteronomy 20:1עַל־ · against
    When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
  16. Deuteronomy 20:3עַל־ · with
    …saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
  17. Deuteronomy 20:10עָלֶ֑יהָ · against it
    When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
  18. Deuteronomy 20:12עָלֶֽיהָּ׃ · to [that city]
    But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
  19. Deuteronomy 20:19עָלֶ֣יהָ · against it; עָלָיו֙ · to them
    When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
  20. Deuteronomy 20:20עַל־ · against
    But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
  21. Deuteronomy 21:5וְעַל־ · and to give a ruling
    And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
  22. Deuteronomy 21:6עַל־ · over
    Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
  23. Deuteronomy 21:10עַל־ · against
    When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
  24. Deuteronomy 21:13מֵעָלֶ֗יהָ
    …and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
  25. Deuteronomy 21:16עַל־ · as
    …when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
  26. Deuteronomy 21:22עַל־ · on
    If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
  27. Deuteronomy 21:23עַל־ · on
    …you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  28. Deuteronomy 22:5עַל־
    A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
  29. Deuteronomy 22:6עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on; עַל־ · along with; עַל־
    If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
  30. Deuteronomy 22:12עַל־ · on
    You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
  31. Deuteronomy 22:14עָלֶ֖יהָ
    …and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
  32. Deuteronomy 22:19עַ֖ל
    They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
  33. Deuteronomy 22:24עַל־ · because; עַל־ · because
    …you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  34. Deuteronomy 22:26עַל־
    Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
  35. Deuteronomy 23:4עַל־ · For; עָלֶ֜יךָ
    For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
  36. Deuteronomy 23:9עַל־ · against
    When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
  37. Deuteronomy 23:13עַל־ · in
    And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
  38. Deuteronomy 23:20עַל־ · in
    You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
  39. Deuteronomy 23:25עַ֖ל · to
    When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.