H5920 עַל
ʻal — properly, the top; specifically, the highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
KJV: above, high, most High.
Derived from עָלָה ʻâlâh (to ascend, intransitively)
Occurs 4 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עַל, עָ֑ל
- I subst. height
- II As prep. upon, and hence 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
- 1 Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed
- a —
- (a) of clothing, etc., which any one wears
- (b) With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it
- b Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him
- c Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him
- d על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him
- e חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)
- f Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done
- 2 It expresses excess
- 3 It denotes elevation or pre-eminence
- 4 It expresses addition
- 5 It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over
- 6 From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)
- 7 In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)
- 8 By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative
- 9 With other particles:
- III As conj.
- a עַל אֲשֶׁר because that
- b עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent
- c עַל alone:
- (a) because
- (b) notwithstanding that, although
- IV Compounds:
- 1 with כְּ (rare and late)
- a as concerning, as upon
- b the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay
- 2 מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by
Where it occurs
- 2 Samuel 23:1 — Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed…
- Hosea 7:16 — They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of…
- Hosea 11:7 — My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
- Psalms 50:4 — He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people: