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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 19:38עָלַ֖י · of me
    The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
  2. 2 Samuel 19:42עַל־ · to; עַל־
    And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
  3. 2 Samuel 20:8וְעָלוֹ; עַל־
    And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
  4. 2 Samuel 20:11עָלָ֔יו · near Amasa
    One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
  5. 2 Samuel 20:12עָלָיו֙ · over it; עָלָ֖יו
    But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
  6. 2 Samuel 20:15עָלָ֗יו · [Sheba]
    And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
  7. 2 Samuel 20:21מֵעַ֣ל · from
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  8. 2 Samuel 20:22מֵֽעַל־ · from
    Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
  9. 2 Samuel 20:23עַל־ · was over; וְעַל־ · and
    Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
  10. 2 Samuel 20:24עַל־ · was in charge of
    Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  11. 2 Samuel 21:1עַל־
    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
  12. 2 Samuel 21:7עַל־; עַל־ · because of
    Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
  13. 2 Samuel 21:10עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · on the bodies; עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · on them
    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  14. 2 Samuel 22:11עַל־; עַל־ · on
    He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
  15. 2 Samuel 22:28עַל־ · are on
    You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
  16. 2 Samuel 22:34וְעַ֥ל · upon
    He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
  17. 2 Samuel 22:50עַל־ · Therefore
    Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
  18. 2 Samuel 23:2עַל־ · was on
    The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
  19. 2 Samuel 23:8עַל־ · against
    These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
  20. 2 Samuel 23:18עַל־ · against
    Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
  21. 2 Samuel 24:4וְעַ֖ל · and against
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
  22. 2 Samuel 24:12עָלֶ֑יךָ
    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  23. 2 Samuel 24:20עָלָ֑יו · toward him
    When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
  24. 2 Samuel 24:21מֵעַ֥ל · upon
    “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
  25. 2 Samuel 24:25מֵעַ֥ל · upon
    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
  26. 1 Kings 1:13עַל־ · on
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  27. 1 Kings 1:17עַל־ · on
    “My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
  28. 1 Kings 1:20עָלֶ֑יךָ · [are] upon you; עַל־ · on
    And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
  29. 1 Kings 1:23עַל־ · facedown
    So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.
  30. 1 Kings 1:24עַל־ · on
    “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
  31. 1 Kings 1:27עַל־ · on
    Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
  32. 1 Kings 1:30עַל־ · on
    I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
  33. 1 Kings 1:33עַל־ · on
    “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
  34. 1 Kings 1:34עַל־ · over
    There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
  35. 1 Kings 1:35עַל־ · on; עַל־ · over; וְעַל־ · and
    Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
  36. 1 Kings 1:38עַל־ · on; עַל־ · to
    Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
  37. 1 Kings 1:44עַ֖ל · on
    And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
  38. 1 Kings 1:46עַ֖ל · on
    Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.
  39. 1 Kings 1:47עַל־ · on
    The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,