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)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 4,492 verses

  1. Genesis 24:13 עַל־

    Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

  2. Genesis 24:15 עַל־

    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

  3. Genesis 24:18 עַל־

    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

  4. Genesis 24:22 עַל־

    And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.

  5. Genesis 24:30 עַל־עַל־עַל־

    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.

  6. Genesis 24:42 עָלֶֽיהָ׃

    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!

  7. Genesis 24:43 עַל־

    Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’

  8. Genesis 24:45 עַל־

    And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

  9. Genesis 24:46 מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ

    She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

  10. Genesis 24:47 עַל־עַל־

    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

  11. Genesis 24:49 עַל־עַל־

    Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”

  12. Genesis 24:61 עַל־

    Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

  13. Genesis 24:64 מֵעַ֥ל

    And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel

  14. Genesis 25:6 מֵעַ֨ל

    But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

  15. Genesis 25:9 עַל־

    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

  16. Genesis 25:18 עַל־עַל־

    Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

  17. Genesis 25:30 עַל־

    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

  18. Genesis 26:7 עַל־

    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

  19. Genesis 26:9 עָלֶֽיהָ׃

    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

  20. Genesis 26:10 עָלֵ֖ינוּ

    “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

  21. Genesis 26:21 עָלֶ֑יהָ

    Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

  22. Genesis 26:22 עָלֶ֑יהָ

    He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

  23. Genesis 26:32 עַל־

    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

  24. Genesis 26:33 עַל־

    So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

  25. Genesis 27:12 עָלַ֛י

    What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

  26. Genesis 27:13 עָלַ֥י

    His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

  27. Genesis 27:16 עַל־וְעַ֖ל

    She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

  28. Genesis 27:39 מֵעָֽל׃

    His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

  29. Genesis 27:40 וְעַל־מֵעַ֥ל

    You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

  30. Genesis 27:41 עַל־

    Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

  31. Genesis 28:6 עָלָיו֙

    Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”

  32. Genesis 28:9 עַל־

    Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

  33. Genesis 28:13 עָלָיו֮עָלֶ֔יהָ

    And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

  34. Genesis 28:18 עַל־

    Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

  35. Genesis 29:2 עָלֶ֔יהָעַל־

    He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

  36. Genesis 29:3 מֵעַל֙עַל־

    When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

  37. Genesis 29:8 מֵעַ֖ל

    But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

  38. Genesis 29:10 מֵעַל֙

    As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

  39. Genesis 29:34 עַל־

    Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

  40. Genesis 29:35 עַל־

    And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

  41. Genesis 30:3 עַל־

    Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

  42. Genesis 30:6 עַל־

    Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

  43. Genesis 30:28 עָלַ֖י

    And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

  44. Genesis 30:33 עַל־

    So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

  45. Genesis 30:37 עַל־

    Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

  46. Genesis 30:40 עַל־

    Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

  47. Genesis 31:10 עַל־

    When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

  48. Genesis 31:12 עַל־

    ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

  49. Genesis 31:17 עַל־

    Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

  50. Genesis 31:20 עַל־

    Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

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