{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H422",
  "lemma": "אָלָה",
  "transliteration": "ʼâlâh",
  "definition": "properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate",
  "kjv": "adjure, curse, swear.",
  "occurrences": 6,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אָלָה vb. swear, curse",
    "Qal",
    "1. swear, take oath",
    "2. curse",
    "Hiph. adjure, put under oath"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 17:2",
      "text": "He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 14:24",
      "text": "The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 8:31",
      "text": "“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 4:2",
      "text": "There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/4?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 10:4",
      "text": "They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/10?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 6:22",
      "text": "“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/6?v=22"
    }
  ],
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