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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 Kings 18:13עַ֣ל
    In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
  2. 2 Kings 18:14מֵֽעָלַ֔י · from me; עָלַ֖י · from me; עַל־ · from
    So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
  3. 2 Kings 18:18עַל־ · administrator
    Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
  4. 2 Kings 18:20עַל־ · In
    You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
  5. 2 Kings 18:21עַל־; עַל־; עָלָ֔יו; עָלָֽיו׃ · in him
    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  6. 2 Kings 18:23עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · on them
    Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
  7. 2 Kings 18:24עַל־ · on
    For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  8. 2 Kings 18:25עַל־ · against; עַל־ · against
    So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
  9. 2 Kings 18:26עַל־ · on
    Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
  10. 2 Kings 18:27הַעַ֨ל · only to; עַל־ · to; עַל־ · on
    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
  11. 2 Kings 18:37עַל־ · administrator
    Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
  12. 2 Kings 19:2עַל־ · administrator
    And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
  13. 2 Kings 19:8עַל־ · against
    When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
  14. 2 Kings 19:21עָלָ֑יו · against him
    This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  15. 2 Kings 19:22וְעַל־ · Against; עַל־ · Against
    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
  16. 2 Kings 19:32עָלֶ֖יהָ · against it
    So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
  17. 2 Kings 20:6עַל־ · to; עַל־
    I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
  18. 2 Kings 20:7עַֽל־ · it to
    Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
  19. 2 Kings 20:13עֲלֵיהֶם֮ · [the envoys]
    And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
  20. 2 Kings 20:20עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  21. 2 Kings 21:12עַל־ · upon
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
  22. 2 Kings 21:13עַל־ · over; עַל־
    I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
  23. 2 Kings 21:17עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  24. 2 Kings 21:23עָלָ֑יו · against him
    Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
  25. 2 Kings 21:24עַל־ · against
    But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
  26. 2 Kings 21:25עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  27. 2 Kings 22:5עַל־ · into
    And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—
  28. 2 Kings 22:7עַל־ · into
    But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
  29. 2 Kings 22:8עַל־
    Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
  30. 2 Kings 22:9עַל־ · it into
    And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”
  31. 2 Kings 22:13עַל־ · concerning; עַל֩; עַל־; עָלֵֽינוּ׃ · about us
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
  32. 2 Kings 22:16וְעַל־ · and on
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,
  33. 2 Kings 22:19עַל־ · against; וְעַל־ · and against
    …because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
  34. 2 Kings 22:20עַל־ · you to; עַל־ · on
    ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.