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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. Jeremiah 9:4וְעַל־ · against
    “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
  2. Jeremiah 9:9הַעַל־ · for
    Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
  3. Jeremiah 9:10עַל־ · for; וְעַל־ · over
    I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
  4. Jeremiah 9:12עַל־ · Why
    Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
  5. Jeremiah 9:13עַל־ · It is because
    And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
  6. Jeremiah 9:18עָלֵ֖ינוּ · over us
    Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
  7. Jeremiah 9:22עַל־ · upon
    Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
  8. Jeremiah 9:25עַל־
    “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
  9. Jeremiah 9:26עַל־; וְעַל־; וְעַל־; וְעַל־; וְעַל־; וְעַל֙
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
  10. Jeremiah 10:1עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם · to you
    Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
  11. Jeremiah 10:19עַל־ · because of
    Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
  12. Jeremiah 10:21עַל־ · Therefore
    For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
  13. Jeremiah 10:25עַל־ · on; וְעַל֙ · and on
    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
  14. Jeremiah 11:2וְעַל־
    “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
  15. Jeremiah 11:8עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · on
    Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
  16. Jeremiah 11:10עַל־ · to
    They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
  17. Jeremiah 11:15מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְ · [your doom]
    What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.
  18. Jeremiah 11:16עָלֶ֔יהָ
    The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
  19. Jeremiah 11:17עָלַ֖יִךְ · against you
    The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
  20. Jeremiah 11:19עָלַ֣י׀ · against me
    For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
  21. Jeremiah 11:21עַל־ · concerning
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
  22. Jeremiah 11:22עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם
    So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
  23. Jeremiah 12:8עָלַ֛י · against Me; עַל־ · therefore
    My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
  24. Jeremiah 12:9עָלֶ֑יהָ · against her
    Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
  25. Jeremiah 12:11עָלַ֖י · before Me; עַל־ · it to
    They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
  26. Jeremiah 12:12עַֽל־ · Over
    Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
  27. Jeremiah 12:14עַל־ · As for; מֵעַ֣ל · from
    This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
  28. Jeremiah 13:1עַל־ · it around
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
  29. Jeremiah 13:2עַל־ · it around
    So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.
  30. Jeremiah 13:4עַל־ · and are wearing
    “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
  31. Jeremiah 13:13עַל־
    …then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
  32. Jeremiah 13:16עַל־ · on
    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
  33. Jeremiah 13:21עָלַ֔יִךְ · over you; עָלַ֛יִךְ
    What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
  34. Jeremiah 13:26עַל־ · over
    So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
  35. Jeremiah 13:27עַל־ · on
    Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
  36. Jeremiah 14:1עַל־ · concerning
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
  37. Jeremiah 14:3עַל־ · to
    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
  38. Jeremiah 14:6עַל־ · on
    Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
  39. Jeremiah 14:9עָלֵ֥ינוּ
    Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!