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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 29:12עַל֩ · to
    Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
  2. Isaiah 30:1עַל־ · upon
    “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
  3. Isaiah 30:5עַל־ · because of
    …everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”
  4. Isaiah 30:6עַל־ · on; וְעַל־ · on; עַל־ · to
    This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
  5. Isaiah 30:8עַל־ · it on; וְעַל־ · it on
    Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
  6. Isaiah 30:12עָלָֽיו׃
    Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
  7. Isaiah 30:16עַל־ · on; עַל־ · Therefore; וְעַל־; עַל־
    “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
  8. Isaiah 30:17עַל־ · on; עַל־ · on
    A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
  9. Isaiah 30:25עַל־ · And from; וְעַל֙
    And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
  10. Isaiah 30:28עַ֖ל
    His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
  11. Isaiah 30:32עָלָ֔יו · on them
    And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
  12. Isaiah 31:1עַל־ · on; עַל־ · in; וְעַ֤ל · and in; עַל־ · to
    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
  13. Isaiah 31:2עַל־ · against; וְעַל־ · and against
    Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
  14. Isaiah 31:4עַל־ · over; עָלָיו֙ · against it; עַל־ · on; וְעַל־ · [and]
    For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
  15. Isaiah 31:5עַל־
    Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
  16. Isaiah 32:8עַל־ · for
    But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
  17. Isaiah 32:10עַל־
    In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
  18. Isaiah 32:11עַל־ · sackcloth around
    Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
  19. Isaiah 32:12עַל־; עַל־ · for; עַל־
    Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
  20. Isaiah 32:13עַ֚ל · and for; עַל־ · for
    …and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
  21. Isaiah 32:15עָלֵ֛ינוּ · upon us
    …until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
  22. Isaiah 32:20עַל־ · beside
    Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
  23. Isaiah 34:2עַל־ · with; עַל־
    The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
  24. Isaiah 34:5עַל־ · upon; וְעַל־ · upon
    When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
  25. Isaiah 34:11עָלֶ֛יהָ · over [Edom]
    The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
  26. Isaiah 34:14עַל־ · to
    The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
  27. Isaiah 34:16מֵֽעַל־
    Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
  28. Isaiah 35:10עַל־ · crowned
    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
  29. Isaiah 36:1עַ֣ל
    In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
  30. Isaiah 36:3עַל־ · administrator
    Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.