H422 אָלָה

אָלָה (ʼâlâh), Strong’s H422: properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate KJV: adjure, curse, swear.. Occurs 6 times.

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ʼâlâh — properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate

KJV: adjure, curse, swear.

Occurs 6 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָלָה vb. swear, curse
- Qal
- 1 swear, take oath
- 2 curse
- Hiph. adjure, put under oath

Where it occurs
- Judges 17:2 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=2) — He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse…
- 1 Samuel 14:24 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=24) — The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any…
- 1 Kings 8:31 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=31) — “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…
- Hosea 4:2 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/4?v=2) — There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes…
- Hosea 10:4 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/10?v=4) — They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the…
- 2 Chronicles 6:22 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/6?v=22) — “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…