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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. Isaiah 11:8וְעַל֙ · into
    The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
  2. Isaiah 11:15עַל־ · over
    The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
  3. Isaiah 13:2עַ֤ל · on
    Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
  4. Isaiah 13:7עַל־ · Therefore
    Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
  5. Isaiah 13:11עַל־; וְעַל־ · and
    I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
  6. Isaiah 13:13עַל־ · Therefore
    Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
  7. Isaiah 13:17עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · against them
    Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
  8. Isaiah 13:18עַל־ · on
    Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
  9. Isaiah 14:1עַל־ · in; עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · with; עַל־
    For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
  10. Isaiah 14:2עַ֚ל · in
    The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
  11. Isaiah 14:4עַל־ · against
    …you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
  12. Isaiah 14:8עָלֵֽינוּ׃ · against us
    Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
  13. Isaiah 14:12עַל־ · of
    How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
  14. Isaiah 14:14עַל־ · above
    I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
  15. Isaiah 14:22עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · against them
    “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
  16. Isaiah 14:25וְעַל־ · on; מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ · off [My people]; מֵעַ֥ל · from
    I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
  17. Isaiah 14:26עַל־ · for; עַל־ · over
    This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
  18. Isaiah 15:2עַל־ · over; וְעַ֤ל · as well as over
    Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
  19. Isaiah 15:3עַ֣ל · on
    In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
  20. Isaiah 15:4עַל־ · Therefore
    Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
  21. Isaiah 15:7עַל־ · So; עַ֛ל · over
    So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
  22. Isaiah 15:9עַל־ · upon
    The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
  23. Isaiah 16:5עָלָ֛יו · on [it]
    …in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
  24. Isaiah 16:9עַל־ · So; עַל־ · over; וְעַל־
    So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
  25. Isaiah 16:11עַל־ · Therefore
    Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
  26. Isaiah 16:12עַל־ · on
    When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
  27. Isaiah 17:7עַל־ · to
    In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
  28. Isaiah 17:10עַל־ · Therefore
    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
  29. Isaiah 18:2עַל־ · on
    …which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
  30. Isaiah 18:4עֲלֵי־ · in
    For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
  31. Isaiah 18:6עָלָיו֙; עָלָ֥יו
    They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
  32. Isaiah 19:1עַל־ · on
    This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
  33. Isaiah 19:7עַל־ · by; עַל־ · by
    The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.
  34. Isaiah 19:8עַל־ · on
    Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
  35. Isaiah 19:12עַל־ · against
    Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
  36. Isaiah 19:16עָלָֽיו׃ · against them
    In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
  37. Isaiah 19:17עָלָֽיו׃ס · against it
    The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.
  38. Isaiah 20:2מֵעַ֣ל · from
    …the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.