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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. 1 Samuel 25:17וְעַ֣ל · and
    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
  2. 1 Samuel 25:18עַל־ · on
    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
  3. 1 Samuel 25:20עַֽל־
    As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
  4. 1 Samuel 25:23מֵעַ֣ל; עַל־
    When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
  5. 1 Samuel 25:24עַל־ · at
    She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
  6. 1 Samuel 25:25עַל־
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
  7. 1 Samuel 25:30עָלֶ֑יךָ · over; עַל־
    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
  8. 1 Samuel 25:36עָלָ֔יו
    When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
  9. 1 Samuel 25:42עַֽל־
    So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
  10. 1 Samuel 26:1עַ֖ל · opposite
    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
  11. 1 Samuel 26:3עַל־ · beside; עַל־ · opposite
    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
  12. 1 Samuel 26:12עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · on them
    So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
  13. 1 Samuel 26:13עַל־
    Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.
  14. 1 Samuel 26:16עַל־; עַל־
    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
  15. 1 Samuel 27:10עַל־; וְעַל־ · or
    …who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
  16. 1 Samuel 27:11עָלֵ֖ינוּ · us
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  17. 1 Samuel 28:15מֵֽעָלַי֙ · from me
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  18. 1 Samuel 28:16מֵעָלֶ֖יךָ · from you
    “Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
  19. 1 Samuel 28:18עַל־
    Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
  20. 1 Samuel 29:4עָלָ֜יו · with Achish
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  21. 1 Samuel 30:6עַל־ · for; וְעַל־ · and
    And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  22. 1 Samuel 30:14וְעַל־; וְעַל־
    We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
  23. 1 Samuel 30:16עַל־ · over
    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
  24. 1 Samuel 30:17עַל־ · on
    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
  25. 1 Samuel 30:23עָלֵ֖ינוּ · against us
    But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
  26. 1 Samuel 30:24עַל־ · with
    Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
  27. 1 Samuel 31:4עָלֶֽיהָ׃ · on it
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  28. 1 Samuel 31:5עַל־ · on
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
  29. 2 Samuel 1:2עַל־ · on
    On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
  30. 2 Samuel 1:6עַל־ · on
    “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
  31. 2 Samuel 1:9עָלַי֙ · over me
    Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
  32. 2 Samuel 1:10עָלָיו֙ · over him; עַל־ · was on; עַל־ · was on
    So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
  33. 2 Samuel 1:12עַל־ · for; וְעַל־ · and; וְעַל־; וְעַל־
    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
  34. 2 Samuel 1:16עַל־ · [be] on
    For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
  35. 2 Samuel 1:17עַל־ · for; וְעַל־
    Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
  36. 2 Samuel 1:18עַל־ · in
    …and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
  37. 2 Samuel 1:19עַל־ · on
    “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!