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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 51:7עַל־ · therefore
    Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
  2. Jeremiah 51:8עָלֶ֗יהָ · for her
    Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
  3. Jeremiah 51:11עַל־ · is aimed at
    Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
  4. Jeremiah 51:13עַל־ · by
    You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
  5. Jeremiah 51:14עָלַ֖יִךְ · over you
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
  6. Jeremiah 51:25עָלֶ֗יךָ · against you
    “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
  7. Jeremiah 51:27עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ · against her; עָלֶ֛יהָ · against her; עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ · against her
    “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
  8. Jeremiah 51:28עָלֶ֤יהָ · for battle against her
    Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
  9. Jeremiah 51:29עַל־ · against
    The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
  10. Jeremiah 51:35עַל־ · be upon
    May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
  11. Jeremiah 51:42עַל־ · over
    The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
  12. Jeremiah 51:44עַל־
    I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
  13. Jeremiah 51:46עַל־ · against
    Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
  14. Jeremiah 51:47עַל־
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
  15. Jeremiah 51:48עַל־ · over
    Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.
  16. Jeremiah 51:50עַל־ · to
    You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
  17. Jeremiah 51:51עַֽל־
    “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
  18. Jeremiah 51:52עַל־
    “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
  19. Jeremiah 51:56עָלֶ֤יהָ · against her; עַל־ · against
    For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
  20. Jeremiah 51:63עָלָיו֙ · to it
    When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
  21. Jeremiah 51:64עָלֶ֖יהָ · upon her
    Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
  22. Jeremiah 52:3עַל־ · because; מֵעַ֣ל · from
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  23. Jeremiah 52:4עַל־ · against; עָלֶ֑יהָ · outside [the city]; עָלֶ֛יהָ · around it
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
  24. Jeremiah 52:7עַל־ · near; עַל־
    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
  25. Jeremiah 52:8מֵעָלָֽיו׃ · him
    …but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
  26. Jeremiah 52:22עָלָ֜יו · atop; עַֽל־
    The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
  27. Jeremiah 52:23עַל־ · were above
    Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
  28. Jeremiah 52:25עַל־ · over
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
  29. Jeremiah 52:27מֵעַ֥ל · away from
    There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
  30. Lamentations 1:2עַ֣ל · upon
    She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
  31. Lamentations 1:5עַ֣ל · because of
    Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
  32. Lamentations 1:7עַ֥ל · at
    In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
  33. Lamentations 1:8עַל־ · therefore
    Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
  34. Lamentations 1:10עַ֖ל
    The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
  35. Lamentations 1:14עַל־ · over
    My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
  36. Lamentations 1:15עָלַ֛י · against me
    The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
  37. Lamentations 1:16עַל־ · For
    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
  38. Lamentations 1:22עַ֣ל · because of
    Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
  39. Lamentations 2:10עַל־ · on
    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  40. Lamentations 2:11עַל־ · over
    My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
  41. Lamentations 2:14עַל־
    The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
  42. Lamentations 2:15עָלַ֤יִךְ · at you [in scorn]
    All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”