עַל

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Hebrew H5921 Preposition 5,774 occurrences in 4,492 verses
עַל upon

prep

1. upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

a. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

b. above, beyond, over (of excess)

c. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

d. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

e. over (of suspension or extension)

f. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

g. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

h. to (as a dative)

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Concordance 4,492 verses

  1. Judges 7:1 עַל־

    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

  2. Judges 7:2 עָלַ֤י

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

  3. Judges 7:5 עַל־

    So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”

  4. Judges 7:6 עַל־

    And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.

  5. Judges 7:12 שֶׁעַל־

    Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

  6. Judges 7:22 עַל־

    And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

  7. Judges 8:3 מֵֽעָלָ֔יו

    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

  8. Judges 8:26 שֶׁעַל֙

    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

  9. Judges 9:3 עָלָ֗יו

    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”

  10. Judges 9:5 עַל־

    He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

  11. Judges 9:8 עֲלֵיהֶ֖םעָלֵֽינוּ׃

    One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

  12. Judges 9:9 עַל־

    But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

  13. Judges 9:10 עָלֵֽינוּ׃

    Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’

  14. Judges 9:11 עַל־

    But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’

  15. Judges 9:12 עָלֵֽינוּ׃

    Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’

  16. Judges 9:13 עַל־

    But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

  17. Judges 9:14 עָלֵֽינוּ׃

    Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’

  18. Judges 9:15 עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם

    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

  19. Judges 9:17 עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם

    for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,

  20. Judges 9:18 עַל־עַל־עַל־

    but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—

  21. Judges 9:22 עַל־

    After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,

  22. Judges 9:24 עַל־וְעַל֙

    in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.

  23. Judges 9:25 עַ֚לעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם

    The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

  24. Judges 9:31 עָלֶֽיךָ׃

    So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.

  25. Judges 9:33 עַל־

    And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”

  26. Judges 9:34 עַל־

    So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

  27. Judges 9:43 עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם

    So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.

  28. Judges 9:44 עַֽל־

    Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.

  29. Judges 9:48 עַל־

    he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

  30. Judges 9:49 עַֽל־עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם

    So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.

  31. Judges 9:51 עַל־

    But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.

  32. Judges 9:53 עַל־

    But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

  33. Judges 10:4 עַל־

    He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

  34. Judges 11:11 עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם

    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

  35. Judges 11:26 עַל־

    For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?

  36. Judges 11:29 עַל־

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

  37. Judges 11:37 עַל־עַל־

    She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

  38. Judges 11:38 עַל־עַל־

    “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.

  39. Judges 12:1 עָלֶ֖יךָ

    Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”

  40. Judges 12:14 עַל־

    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

  41. Judges 13:5 עַל־

    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

  42. Judges 13:19 עַל־

    Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.

  43. Judges 13:20 מֵעַ֤לעַל־

    When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

  44. Judges 14:6 עָלָ֜יו

    and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

  45. Judges 14:16 עָלָ֗יו

    Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

  46. Judges 14:17 עָלָיו֙

    She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.

  47. Judges 14:19 עָלָ֜יו

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,

  48. Judges 15:8 עַל־

    And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

  49. Judges 15:10 עָלֵ֑ינוּ

    “Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”

  50. Judges 15:14 עָלָ֜יועַל־מֵעַ֥ל

    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

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