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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 Kings 6:35עַל־ · over
    He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
  2. 1 Kings 7:2עַ֗ל · with; עַל־ · supporting
    He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
  3. 1 Kings 7:3עַל־; עַל־ · rested on
    The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
  4. 1 Kings 7:6עַל־ · in front of it; עַל־ · in front of
    Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
  5. 1 Kings 7:16עַל־ · on
    He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
  6. 1 Kings 7:17עַל־ · on
    For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
  7. 1 Kings 7:18עַל־; עַל־
    Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
  8. 1 Kings 7:19עַל־
    And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
  9. 1 Kings 7:20עַל־ · On; עַ֖ל
    On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
  10. 1 Kings 7:22וְעַ֛ל · And
    And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
  11. 1 Kings 7:25עַל־ · on; עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · rested on them
    The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
  12. 1 Kings 7:29וְעַֽל־ · and on; וְעַל־ · On
    …and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.
  13. 1 Kings 7:31עַל־ · around
    The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.
  14. 1 Kings 7:35וְעַ֨ל · with
    At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
  15. 1 Kings 7:36עַל־ · on; וְעַל֙ · and
    He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
  16. 1 Kings 7:38עַל־
    He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
  17. 1 Kings 7:39עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
  18. 1 Kings 7:41עַל־; עַל־
    …the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
  19. 1 Kings 7:42עַל־
    …the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
  20. 1 Kings 7:43עַל־ · on
    …the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;
  21. 1 Kings 7:48עָלָ֛יו · was placed
    Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
  22. 1 Kings 8:5עָלָ֔יו · with him
    There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
  23. 1 Kings 8:7עַל־; וְעַל־ · and
    For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
  24. 1 Kings 8:8עַל־ · in
    The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
  25. 1 Kings 8:16עַל־ · over
    ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
  26. 1 Kings 8:20עַל־ · on
    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  27. 1 Kings 8:23וְעַל־ · or on
    …and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  28. 1 Kings 8:25עַל־ · on
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
  29. 1 Kings 8:27עַל־ · upon
    But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  30. 1 Kings 8:36עַל־ · on
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  31. 1 Kings 8:40עַל־ · in
    …so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
  32. 1 Kings 8:43עַל־
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  33. 1 Kings 8:44עַל־ · against
    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  34. 1 Kings 8:54עַל־
    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
  35. 1 Kings 8:66עַ֣ל · for
    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
  36. 1 Kings 9:5עַל־ · over; עַל־; מֵעַ֖ל · on
    …then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  37. 1 Kings 9:7מֵעַ֨ל · from
    …then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.