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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. Judges 7:6עַל־
    And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
  2. Judges 7:12שֶׁעַל־ · on
    Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
  3. Judges 7:22עַל־ · near
    And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
  4. Judges 8:3מֵֽעָלָ֔יו · against him
    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
  5. Judges 8:26שֶׁעַל֙ · of
    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
  6. Judges 9:3עָלָ֗יו · about him
    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
  7. Judges 9:5עַל־ · and on
    He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
  8. Judges 9:8עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · for themselves; עָלֵֽינוּ׃ · over us
    One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
  9. Judges 9:9עַל־ · over
    But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  10. Judges 9:10עָלֵֽינוּ׃ · over us
    Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
  11. Judges 9:11עַל־ · over
    But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
  12. Judges 9:12עָלֵֽינוּ׃ · over us
    Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
  13. Judges 9:13עַל־ · over
    But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  14. Judges 9:14עָלֵֽינוּ׃ · over us
    Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
  15. Judges 9:15עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · over you
    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
  16. Judges 9:17עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם · for you
    …for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
  17. Judges 9:18עַל־ · against; עַל־ · on; עַל־ · over
    …but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
  18. Judges 9:22עַל־ · over
    After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,
  19. Judges 9:24עַל־ · on; וְעַל֙ · and on
    …in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
  20. Judges 9:25עַ֚ל · on; עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · by them
    The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
  21. Judges 9:31עָלֶֽיךָ׃ · against you
    So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
  22. Judges 9:33עַל־ · against
    And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
  23. Judges 9:34עַל־ · against
    So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
  24. Judges 9:43עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · against them
    So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
  25. Judges 9:44עַֽל־ · against
    Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
  26. Judges 9:48עַל־ · to
    …he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
  27. Judges 9:49עַֽל־ · against; עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם · above them
    So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
  28. Judges 9:51עַל־ · to
    But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
  29. Judges 9:53עַל־ · on
    But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
  30. Judges 10:4עַל־ · on
    He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
  31. Judges 11:11עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · their
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
  32. Judges 11:26עַל־ · along
    For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
  33. Judges 11:29עַל־ · upon
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
  34. Judges 11:37עַל־ · through; עַל־
    She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
  35. Judges 11:38עַל־; עַל־ · upon
    “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
  36. Judges 12:1עָלֶ֖יךָ
    Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
  37. Judges 12:14עַל־ · on
    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
  38. Judges 13:5עַל־
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  39. Judges 13:19עַל־ · on
    Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
  40. Judges 13:20מֵעַ֤ל · from; עַל־ · facedown
    When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
  41. Judges 14:6עָלָ֜יו · upon him
    …and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.