Word Study · Strong's H5920 · Hebrew
עַל
al
al
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻal
“properly, the top”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, the top; specifically, the highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
Rendered in the KJV as
above, high, most High.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- מֵעָ֑ל1
- עַל֙1
- עָ֔ל1
- עָ֗ל1
How it is rendered · 3
- height2
- a height1
- from above1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Hosea carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms1 occurrence
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 7:16עָ֗לʾalnoun · masculine singularThey 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.here: height
- Hosea 11:7עַל֙ʾalnoun · masculine singularMy people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.here: a height
Same headword in Strong's