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 50:21 עַל־

    Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.

  2. Genesis 50:23 עַל־

    He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

  3. Exodus 1:8 עַל־

    Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

  4. Exodus 1:10 עַל־

    Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

  5. Exodus 1:11 עָלָיו֙

    So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

  6. Exodus 1:16 עַל־

    “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

  7. Exodus 2:3 עַל־

    But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

  8. Exodus 2:5 עַל־עַל־

    Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.

  9. Exodus 2:6 עָלָ֔יו

    When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

  10. Exodus 2:14 עָלֵ֔ינוּ

    But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

  11. Exodus 2:15 עַֽל־

    When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

  12. Exodus 3:5 מֵעַ֣לעָלָ֔יו

    “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

  13. Exodus 3:12 עַ֖ל

    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

  14. Exodus 3:18 עָלֵ֔ינוּ

    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

  15. Exodus 3:22 עַל־וְעַל־

    Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

  16. Exodus 4:20 עַֽל־

    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

  17. Exodus 5:3 עָלֵ֑ינוּ

    “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

  18. Exodus 5:8 עֲלֵיהֶ֔םעַל־

    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

  19. Exodus 5:9 עַל־

    Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”

  20. Exodus 5:14 עֲלֵהֶ֔ם

    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

  21. Exodus 5:17 עַל־

    “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

  22. Exodus 5:21 עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם

    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

  23. Exodus 6:26 עַל־

    It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”

  24. Exodus 7:5 עַל־

    And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”

  25. Exodus 7:15 עַל־

    Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

  26. Exodus 7:17 עַל־

    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

  27. Exodus 7:19 עַל־עַֽל־עַל־וְעַל־וְעַ֛ל

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

  28. Exodus 8:3 וְעַל־

    The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

  29. Exodus 8:5 עַל־עַל־וְעַל־עַל־

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

  30. Exodus 8:6 עַ֖ל

    So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

  31. Exodus 8:7 עַל־

    But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

  32. Exodus 8:9 עָלַי֒

    Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

  33. Exodus 8:12 עַל־

    After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

  34. Exodus 8:21 עָלֶֽיהָ׃

    But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

  35. Exodus 8:22 עָלֶ֔יהָ

    But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

  36. Exodus 9:9 עַ֖לעַל־וְעַל־

    It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

  37. Exodus 9:19 עֲלֵהֶ֛ם

    So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

  38. Exodus 9:22 עַל־עַל־וְעַל־וְעַ֛ל

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

  39. Exodus 9:23 עַל־עַל־

    So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

  40. Exodus 10:6 עַל־

    They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

  41. Exodus 10:12 עַל־עַל־

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

  42. Exodus 10:13 עַל־

    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

  43. Exodus 10:14 עַ֚ל

    The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.

  44. Exodus 10:17 מֵֽעָלַ֔י

    Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

  45. Exodus 10:21 עַל־עַל־

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

  46. Exodus 10:22 עַל־

    So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

  47. Exodus 10:28 מֵעָלָ֑י

    “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”

  48. Exodus 11:1 עַל־וְעַל־

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.

  49. Exodus 11:5 עַל־

    and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.

  50. Exodus 12:4 עַל־

    If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

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