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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 14:15עַֽל־ · about
    Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
  2. Jeremiah 14:16עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · upon them
    And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
  3. Jeremiah 15:1מֵֽעַל־ · from
    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
  4. Jeremiah 15:3עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · over them
    I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
  5. Jeremiah 15:4עַ֥ל
    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
  6. Jeremiah 15:5עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ · on you
    Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
  7. Jeremiah 15:6עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ · against you
    You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
  8. Jeremiah 15:8עַל־ · against; עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ · upon them
    I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
  9. Jeremiah 15:14עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם · against you
    Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
  10. Jeremiah 15:15עָלֶ֖יךָ · for Your honor
    You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
  11. Jeremiah 15:16עָלַ֔י
    Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
  12. Jeremiah 16:3עַל־ · concerning; וְעַל־ · and; וְעַֽל־ · and; וְעַל־
    For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
  13. Jeremiah 16:4עַל־ · on
    “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
  14. Jeremiah 16:7עַל־; עַל־; עַל־ · for; וְעַל־
    No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
  15. Jeremiah 16:10עַל־ · Why; עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ · against us
    When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
  16. Jeremiah 16:11עַל֩ · [It is] because
    Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
  17. Jeremiah 16:13מֵעַל֙ · out of; עַל־ · into
    So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
  18. Jeremiah 16:15עַל־ · to
    Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
  19. Jeremiah 16:16מֵעַ֤ל · on; וּמֵעַ֣ל
    But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
  20. Jeremiah 16:17עַל־ · [are] on
    For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
  21. Jeremiah 16:18עַ֖ל · because
    And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
  22. Jeremiah 17:1עַל־ · on
    “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
  23. Jeremiah 17:2עַל־ · by; עַ֖ל · [and] on
    Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
  24. Jeremiah 17:8עַל־ · by; וְעַל־ · toward
    He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
  25. Jeremiah 17:18עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · upon them
    Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
  26. Jeremiah 17:25עַל־ · on
    …then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
  27. Jeremiah 18:3עַל־ · at
    So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
  28. Jeremiah 18:7עַל־ · that; וְעַל־
    At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
  29. Jeremiah 18:8עָלָ֑יו; עַל־ · of
    But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
  30. Jeremiah 18:9עַל־; וְעַל־
    And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
  31. Jeremiah 18:10עַל־ · of
    …and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
  32. Jeremiah 18:11וְעַל־ · and; עֲלֵיכֶם֙ · for you; עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם · against you
    Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
  33. Jeremiah 18:16עָלֶ֔יהָ · by
    They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.