Word Study · Strong's H422 · Hebrew
אָלָה
alah
aw-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼâlâh
“properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate
Rendered in the KJV as
adjure, curse, swear.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- אָלָ֛ה2
- אָלֹ֣ה1
- אָל֥וֹת1
- אָלִית֙1
- וַיֹּאֶל֩1
- לְהַֽאֲלֹת֑וֹ1
How it is rendered · 6
- he will swear an oath2
- and he had put under oath1
- cursing1
- they have sworn an oath1
- to put under an oath him1
- you cursed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- Hc/Vhw3ms1
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqaa · 2
- HVqp3ms · 2
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 1
- HR/Vhcc/Sp3ms · 1
- HVqp2fs · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 8:31לְהַֽאֲלֹת֑וֹlehaalotopreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,here: to put under an oath him
- 1 Kings 8:31אָלָ֛הʾalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,here: he will swear an oath
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 4:2אָלֹ֣הʾalohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteCursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.here: cursing
- Hosea 10:4אָל֥וֹתʾalotverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteThey speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.here: they have sworn an oath
Same headword in Strong's