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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. Lamentations 2:15עַל־ · at
    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?”
  2. Lamentations 2:16עָלַ֤יִךְ · against you
    All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  3. Lamentations 2:17עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ · over you
    The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
  4. Lamentations 2:19עַל־ · for
    Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
  5. Lamentations 3:5עָלַ֛י · me
    He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
  6. Lamentations 3:20עָלַ֖י · within me
    Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
  7. Lamentations 3:21עַל־ · and therefore
    Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
  8. Lamentations 3:24עַל־ · therefore
    “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
  9. Lamentations 3:28עָלָֽיו׃ · upon him
    Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.
  10. Lamentations 3:39עַל־ · in view of
    Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
  11. Lamentations 3:46עָלֵ֛ינוּ · against us
    All our enemies open their mouths against us.
  12. Lamentations 3:48עַל־ · over
    Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  13. Lamentations 3:54עַל־ · over
    The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
  14. Lamentations 3:61עָלָֽי׃ · against me
    O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
  15. Lamentations 3:62עָלַ֖י · against me
    …the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
  16. Lamentations 4:5עֲלֵ֣י · in
    Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
  17. Lamentations 4:8עַל־ · on
    But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
  18. Lamentations 4:19עַל־ · over
    Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
  19. Lamentations 4:21עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ · to
    So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
  20. Lamentations 4:22עַל־
    O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
  21. Lamentations 5:5עַ֤ל · We are closely
    We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
  22. Lamentations 5:17עַל־ · Because of; עַל־ · because of
    Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
  23. Lamentations 5:18עַ֤ל · because of
    …because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
  24. Lamentations 5:22עָלֵ֖ינוּ · with us
    …unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
  25. Ezekiel 1:1עַל־ · by
    In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
  26. Ezekiel 1:3עַל־ · by; עָלָ֛יו · upon him
    …the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
  27. Ezekiel 1:8עַ֖ל · on
    Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
  28. Ezekiel 1:17עַל־ · in
    As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
  29. Ezekiel 1:19מֵעַ֣ל · from
    So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
  30. Ezekiel 1:20עַ֣ל · Wherever
    Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
  31. Ezekiel 1:21מֵעַ֣ל · from
    When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
  32. Ezekiel 1:22עַל־; עַל־ · above
    Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
  33. Ezekiel 1:25מֵעַ֕ל · from above; עַל־ · over
    And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.
  34. Ezekiel 1:26עַל־ · over; וְעַל֙; עָלָ֖יו · high above
    Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
  35. Ezekiel 1:28עַל־ · facedown
    The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
  36. Ezekiel 2:1עַל־ · on
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
  37. Ezekiel 2:2עַל־ · on
    And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
  38. Ezekiel 3:14עָלַ֖י · upon me
    So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
  39. Ezekiel 3:22עָלַ֛י · upon me
    And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
  40. Ezekiel 3:23עַל־ · by; עַל־ · facedown
    So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
  41. Ezekiel 3:24עַל־ · on
    Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
  42. Ezekiel 3:25עָלֶ֙יךָ֙
    And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.
  43. Ezekiel 4:1עָלֶ֛יהָ · on it
    “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.