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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. Esther 8:8עַל־ · regarding
    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
  2. Esther 8:11עַל־ · and defend
    By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
  3. Esther 8:17עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · upon them
    In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
  4. Esther 9:2עַל־ · upon
    In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
  5. Esther 9:3עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · upon them
    And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
  6. Esther 9:13עַל־ · it pleases; עַל־ · on
    Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
  7. Esther 9:16עַל־
    The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  8. Esther 9:19עַל־ · This is why
    This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
  9. Esther 9:21עֲלֵיהֶם֒ · among them
    …to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
  10. Esther 9:24עַל־ · against
    For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
  11. Esther 9:25עַל־ · against; עַל־ · upon; עַל־ · on
    But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  12. Esther 9:26עַל־ · Therefore; עַל־ · from; עַל־ · Because of; עַל־; עַל־
    Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
  13. Esther 9:27עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם׀ · that they; וְעַל־; וְעַ֨ל; עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · them
    …the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
  14. Esther 9:31עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם; עַל־; וְעַל־
    …in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
  15. Esther 10:1עַל־ · throughout
    Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
  16. Esther 10:2עַל־ · in
    And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
  17. Job 1:6עַל־ · before
    One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
  18. Job 1:8עַל־
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
  19. Job 1:11עַל־ · to
    But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  20. Job 1:14עַל־ · nearby
    …a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
  21. Job 1:17עַל־
    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  22. Job 1:19עַל־ · on
    …when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  23. Job 2:1עַל־ · before; עַל־ · before
    On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
  24. Job 2:11עָלָיו֒ · upon him
    Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
  25. Job 2:12עַל־ · over
    When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
  26. Job 3:4עָלָ֣יו · upon it
    If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
  27. Job 3:5עָלָ֣יו · over it
    May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
  28. Job 4:13עַל־ · on
    In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
  29. Job 4:15עַל־ · past
    Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
  30. Job 5:10עַל־ · to; עַל־ · upon
    He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
  31. Job 6:3עַל־ · no wonder
    For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.
  32. Job 6:5עֲלֵי־ · over; עַל־ · over
    Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
  33. Job 6:16עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ · and the inflow
    …darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
  34. Job 6:27עַל־; עַל־ · away
    You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.