Hebrew prep · H5922
עַל
alal
since
104 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 H5922is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 29spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5922
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
The King James renders it: about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.
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 "since". It stands 104 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Seventy of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:8Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
- The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.
The first use
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
Ezra 4:8עַל־
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
- on29
- over11
- to11
- concerning10
- over it4
- to him4
- to you4
- against3
- concerning him3
- on him3
- to us3
- and concerning2
and 12 more, 104 uses in all
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 |
| עַלִּיז | alliz | jubilant | Uses7 |
| עַלְמָה | almah | maiden | Uses7 |
| עַל | al | Most High | Uses4 |
| 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.
The words it stands beside
All 104, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
29 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
- עַל־47
- עַֽל־10
- וְעַל־5
- עֲל֔וֹהִי4
- עֲלֽוֹהִי׃4
- עֲל֑וֹהִי3
- עֲלָ֔ךְ3
- עַ֖ל2
- עַ֨ל־2
- עֲלַֽהּ׃2
- עֲלַ֔י2
- עֲלָ֤ךְ2
and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition64AR
- preposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular13AR/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition7AC/R
- preposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular7AR/Sp2ms
- preposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4AR/Sp1bs
- preposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural3AR/Sp1bp
- preposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3AR/Sp3mp
- preposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2AR/Sp3fs
- preposition with the article + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1ARd/Sp2ms
Ezra
thirty-four uses
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
- עֲל֔וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to him
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. And they are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, restoring its walls, and repairing its foundations.
- עֲלֶ֥ינָאʾaleina'preposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: to us
Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
- עַ֨ל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- עַ֨ל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
- עֲלֶ֑ינָאʾaleina'preposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: to us
I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: against
And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: over
See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
- עֲלֵיהֽוֹן׃ סaleihonpreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: over them
At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
- עֲלֵיה֜וֹןaleihonpreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to them
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.
- עֲל֑וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to him
and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
- עֲלֶֽינָא׃ סʾaleina'preposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: to us
Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
- עֲלֹ֑הִיʾalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on it
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: over
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.
- עֲלָ֨ךְalayikhpreposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to you
- וְעַל־veal-conjunction (“and”) + prepositiontagged: and to
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
- עֲלֵיהֹֽם׃ʾaleihompreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: on them
Daniel
seventy uses
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
“Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- עַ֖לʾalprepositiontagged: over
- עַ֖לʾalprepositiontagged: over
And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
- עַ֤לʾalprepositiontagged: over
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: over
- עֲלָ֤ךְalayikhpreposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to you
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: against
- עַ֛לʾalprepositiontagged: over
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
- עֲל֑וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on him
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
- עַ֣לʾalprepositiontagged: against
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
- עֲלֽוֹהִי׃alohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: over it
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- עֲלַֽהּ׃alaiyahpreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: over it
And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
- עֲלֽוֹהִי׃alohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: over it
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
- עֲלָ֑ךְalayikhpreposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: over you
Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- עֲלָ֔ךְalayikhpreposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to you
All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”
- עֲלָ֑ךְalayikhpreposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: over you
At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- עֲלַ֣יʾalaipreposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: on me
At the same time my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne, and surpassing greatness was added to me.
- עֲלַ֗יʾalaipreposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to me
- עֲלַ֔יʾalaipreposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to me
- וְעַל־veal-conjunction (“and”) + prepositiontagged: and over
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
- עֲל֑וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on him
I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.
- עֲלָ֔ךְalayikhpreposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: concerning you
But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- עֲלָ֔ךְalayikhpreposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: concerning you
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
- עֲלַֽהּ׃alayehpreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: over it
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- וְעַ֣לvealconjunction (“and”) + prepositiontagged: and against
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
- עֲל֔וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: concerning him
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: over
Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: over
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: over
Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
- עֲלֽוֹהִי׃alohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: concerning him
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
- עֲל֖וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: concerning him
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
- עֲלָ֤ךְalayikhpreposition with the article + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to you
- וְעַל־veal-conjunction (“and”) + prepositiontagged: and to
As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.
- עֲל֔וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to him
- וְעַ֧לvealconjunction (“and”) + prepositiontagged: and concerning
Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: over
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
- עֲלֽוֹהִי׃alohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on him
The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
- עֲל֔וֹהִיalohipreposition + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to him
In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
- וְעַל־veal-conjunction (“and”) + prepositiontagged: and on
Next, as I watched, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: on
I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: to
- עַֽל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.
- עַל־ʾal-prepositiontagged: concerning
I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
- וְעַל־veal-conjunction (“and”) + prepositiontagged: and concerning
Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
- עֲלַ֔יʾalaipreposition + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: on me
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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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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