Hebrew n-m / h:adv · H5920
עַל
alal
Most High
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5920is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5920
properly, the top; specifically, the highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
The King James renders it: above, high, most High.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
al is rendered "Most High". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Hosea, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 23:1These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2 Samuel 23:1עָ֔ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- height2
- a height1
- from above1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַל | al | upon | Uses5,755 |
| עַל | al | since | Uses104 |
| עַלִּיז | alliz | jubilant | Uses7 |
| עַלְמָה | almah | maiden | Uses7 |
| עַלְוָה | alvah | iniquity | Uses1 |
| עַלִּית | allith | roof | Uses1 |
| עַלְמִי | Almi | Elamite | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מֵעָ֑ל1
- עַל֙1
- עָ֔ל1
- עָ֗ל1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
2 Samuel
one use
These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- עָ֔לʾalnoun · masculine singulartagged: height
Psalms
one use
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
- מֵעָ֑לmealpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from above
Hosea
two uses
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
- עָ֗לʾalnoun · masculine singulartagged: height
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
- עַל֙ʾalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a height
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.