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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 20:9עָלַ֛י · upon me; וְעַל־ · and
    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
  2. Genesis 20:11עַל־ · on account of
    Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
  3. Genesis 20:18עַל־ · on
    …for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
  4. Genesis 21:11עַ֖ל
    Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
  5. Genesis 21:12עַל־ · about; וְעַל־
    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
  6. Genesis 21:14עַל־ · on
    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
  7. Genesis 21:25עַל־ · about
    But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
  8. Genesis 21:31עַל־ · So
    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
  9. Genesis 22:2עַ֚ל · on
    “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
  10. Genesis 22:6עַל־ · it on
    Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
  11. Genesis 22:9עַל־ · on
    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
  12. Genesis 22:17עַל־ · on
    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  13. Genesis 23:3מֵעַ֖ל · from
    Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
  14. Genesis 23:19עַל־ · near
    After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
  15. Genesis 24:9עַל־ · concerning
    So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
  16. Genesis 24:13עַל־ · beside
    Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
  17. Genesis 24:15עַל־ · on
    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
  18. Genesis 24:18עַל־ · to
    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
  19. Genesis 24:22עַל־ · for
    And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
  20. Genesis 24:30עַל־ · on; עַל־ · by; עַל־ · near
    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
  21. Genesis 24:42עָלֶֽיהָ׃
    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
  22. Genesis 24:43עַל־ · beside
    Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
  23. Genesis 24:45עַל־ · on
    And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
  24. Genesis 24:46מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ · from her [shoulder]
    She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
  25. Genesis 24:47עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  26. Genesis 24:49עַל־ · elsewhere; עַל־
    Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
  27. Genesis 24:61עַל־
    Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
  28. Genesis 24:64מֵעַ֥ל · from
    And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
  29. Genesis 25:6מֵעַ֨ל · from
    But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
  30. Genesis 25:9עַל־ · near
    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
  31. Genesis 25:18עַל־ · is near; עַל־ · in hostility
    Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
  32. Genesis 25:30עַל־ · That is why
    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
  33. Genesis 26:7עַל־ · on account of
    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
  34. Genesis 26:9עָלֶֽיהָ׃ · on account of her
    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
  35. Genesis 26:10עָלֵ֖ינוּ · upon us
    “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
  36. Genesis 26:21עָלֶ֑יהָ · over
    Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
  37. Genesis 26:22עָלֶ֑יהָ · over it
    He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
  38. Genesis 26:32עַל־ · about
    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
  39. Genesis 26:33עַל־ · and
    So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
  40. Genesis 27:12עָלַ֛י · upon myself
    What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
  41. Genesis 27:13עָלַ֥י · be on me
    His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
  42. Genesis 27:16עַל־ · on; וְעַ֖ל · and on
    She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.