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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 32:42עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · them
    For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
  2. Jeremiah 33:4עַל־ · about; וְעַל־
    For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:
  3. Jeremiah 33:5עַ֖ל · because of
    The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
  4. Jeremiah 33:9עַ֤ל · because of; וְעַ֣ל
    So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
  5. Jeremiah 33:13עַל־ · under
    In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
  6. Jeremiah 33:14וְעַל־
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
  7. Jeremiah 33:17עַל־ · on
    For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
  8. Jeremiah 33:21עַל־ · on
    …then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
  9. Jeremiah 34:1עַל־ · against; וְעַל־
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
  10. Jeremiah 34:4עָלֶ֔יךָ · concerning you
    Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
  11. Jeremiah 34:7עַל־ · against; וְעַ֛ל
    …as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
  12. Jeremiah 34:15עָלָֽיו׃
    Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
  13. Jeremiah 34:21מֵעֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · from you
    And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
  14. Jeremiah 34:22עָלֶ֔יהָ · against it
    Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
  15. Jeremiah 35:6עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ · us
    “We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.
  16. Jeremiah 35:7עַל־ · in
    Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
  17. Jeremiah 35:17עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · against them
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
  18. Jeremiah 35:18עַל־
    Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
  19. Jeremiah 36:2עַל־ · you concerning; וְעַל־; וְעַל־
    “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
  20. Jeremiah 36:4עַל־ · on
    So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
  21. Jeremiah 36:11מֵעַ֥ל · from
    When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
  22. Jeremiah 36:12עַל־ · to
    …he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
  23. Jeremiah 36:18עַל־ · on
    “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
  24. Jeremiah 36:21מֵעַ֥ל · beside
    Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.
  25. Jeremiah 36:23עַל־ · by; עַל־
    And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
  26. Jeremiah 36:28עָלֶ֗יהָ · on it; עַל־ · on
    “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
  27. Jeremiah 36:29וְעַל־ · concerning; עָלֶ֜יהָ · on it
    You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
  28. Jeremiah 36:30עַל־ · about; עַל־ · on
    Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
  29. Jeremiah 36:31עָלָ֧יו · him; וְעַל־ · and; וְעַל־; עֲ֠לֵיהֶם · on them; וְעַל־ · on
    I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
  30. Jeremiah 36:32עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ · on it; עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם · to them
    Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
  31. Jeremiah 37:5עַל־; מֵעַ֖ל · from
    Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
  32. Jeremiah 37:8עַל־ · against
    Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
  33. Jeremiah 37:9מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ
    This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
  34. Jeremiah 37:11מֵעַ֖ל · from
    When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,