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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. 2 Samuel 14:4עַל־
    When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
  2. 2 Samuel 14:7עַל־ · against; עַל־ · on
    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
  3. 2 Samuel 14:8עָלָֽיִךְ׃ · on your behalf
    “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
  4. 2 Samuel 14:9עָלַ֞י · on me; וְעַל־ · and on
    But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
  5. 2 Samuel 14:13עַל־ · against
    The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
  6. 2 Samuel 14:26עָלָ֖יו
    And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
  7. 2 Samuel 14:33עַל־
    So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
  8. 2 Samuel 15:2עַל־ · beside
    He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
  9. 2 Samuel 15:4וְעָלַ֗י · to me
    And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
  10. 2 Samuel 15:14עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ · on us
    And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
  11. 2 Samuel 15:18עַל־ · past; עַל־
    …and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
  12. 2 Samuel 15:20עַ֥ל
    In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
  13. 2 Samuel 15:23עַל־ · toward
    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
  14. 2 Samuel 15:32עַל־ · on
    When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
  15. 2 Samuel 15:33עָלַ֖י · to me
    David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
  16. 2 Samuel 16:1וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩ · loaded with
    When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
  17. 2 Samuel 16:8עָלֶ֨יךָ
    The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
  18. 2 Samuel 16:22עַל־ · on
    So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
  19. 2 Samuel 17:2עָלָ֗יו
    I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
  20. 2 Samuel 17:11עָלֶ֤יךָ · to you; עַל־ · on
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
  21. 2 Samuel 17:12עָלָ֔יו · on him; עַל־ · on
    Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
  22. 2 Samuel 17:19עַל־ · it over; עָלָ֖יו · over it
    Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
  23. 2 Samuel 17:21עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם · against you
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  24. 2 Samuel 17:25עַל־ · over
    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
  25. 2 Samuel 18:1עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · over them
    Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
  26. 2 Samuel 18:5עַל־ · regarding
    Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
  27. 2 Samuel 18:8עַל־ · over
    The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
  28. 2 Samuel 18:9עַל־ · on
    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
  29. 2 Samuel 18:11וְעָלַ֗י
    “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
  30. 2 Samuel 18:12עַל־ · into
    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
  31. 2 Samuel 18:17עָלָ֛יו · over him
    They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
  32. 2 Samuel 18:18עַל־
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
  33. 2 Samuel 18:20עַל
    But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
  34. 2 Samuel 18:31עָלֶֽיךָ׃ס · against you
    Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
  35. 2 Samuel 18:32עָלֶ֖יךָ · against you
    The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
  36. 2 Samuel 18:33עַל־ · over
    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
  37. 2 Samuel 19:1עַל־ · over
    Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
  38. 2 Samuel 19:2עַל־ · over
    And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
  39. 2 Samuel 19:7עַל־; עָלֶ֔יךָ · you
    Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
  40. 2 Samuel 19:9מֵעַ֥ל · because
    And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
  41. 2 Samuel 19:10עָלֵ֔ינוּ · over us
    But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
  42. 2 Samuel 19:22עַל־ · over
    And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
  43. 2 Samuel 19:26עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ · on it
    “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,