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Lexicon :: Strong's H5922 - ʿal

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עַל
Transliteration
ʿal
Pronunciation
al
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to עַל (H5921)
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TWOT Reference: 2908

Strong’s Definitions

עַל ʻal, al; (Aramaic) corresponding to H5921:—about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, × more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, why with.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x

The KJV translates Strong's H5922 in the following manner: upon (19x), over (13x), unto (9x), against (7x), concerning (6x), in (6x), for (4x), unto me (4x), about (3x), in him (3x), miscellaneous (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x
The KJV translates Strong's H5922 in the following manner: upon (19x), over (13x), unto (9x), against (7x), concerning (6x), in (6x), for (4x), unto me (4x), about (3x), in him (3x), miscellaneous (25x).
  1. upon, over, on account of, above, to, against

    1. upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of

    2. over (with verbs of ruling)

    3. above, beyond (in comparison)

    4. to, against (of direction)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַל ʻal, al; (Aramaic) corresponding to H5921:—about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, × more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, why with.
STRONGS H5922: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

עַל preposition upon, over, on account of, above, to, against (Biblical Hebrew H5921 and general Aramaic id.); — suffix 1st person singular עֲלַי; 2nd person masculine singular עליך Kt (so Egyptian Aramaic, CookeNo. 77, A 5, 6, B 8, S-CPap. A 3, B 5 +), עֲלָךְ, Qr (Targum עֲלַךְ, Dalm§ 47, 2) Daniel 3:12 + 6 times Daniel; Ezra 7:18; 3rd person masculine singular עֲלוֺהִי (so Nabataean, Palmyrene; Egyptian Aramaic עלוי S-CA 6 +) Daniel 3:28 +, עֲלֹהִיEzra 6:11; 3rd person feminine singular עליה Kt (so Egyptian Aramaic, S-CD 24), עֲלַהּ Qr (so Targum) Daniel 4:14 [Daniel 4:17]; Daniel 5:21; 1st person plural עֲלֵינָאEzra 4:12, עֲלֵ֑ינָא Ezra 4:18; Ezra 5:17 Baer (Gi עֲלֶ֑ינָא); 3rd person masculine plural עֲלֵיהֹם (so Nabataean, CISii. 226; Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap. F 5, 8 +) Ezra 7:24, עֲלֵיהוֺן Ezra 5:1, Ezra 5:3; —
1.
a. upon, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:46; Daniel 5:5, Dan 5:7; Daniel 6:11 [Daniel 6:10] + often, Daniel 4:26 [Daniel 4:29] עַלהֵֿיכַל מַלְכוּתָא (2 Samuel 11:2); to be established עַל מַלְכוּתִי Daniel 4:33 (compare 2 Chronicles 1:1; Biblical Hebrew II. 1) to lay an impost upon, Ezra 7:24; to trust on, Daniel 3:28; after a verb of motion, מְטָא עַל to come upon, Daniel 4:21 [Daniel 4:24]; Daniel 4:25 [Daniel 4:28]; of times, to pass over, Daniel 4:13 [Daniel 4:16]; Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; Daniel 4:22 [Daniel 4:25]; Daniel 4:29 [Daniel 4:32]; Ezra 5:1 בְּשֻׁם אֱלָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲלֵיהוֺן i.e. (named) over them.
b. idiomatic (as in Biblical Hebrew; see II. 1 d) of the person who is the subject of an emotion or experience, Daniel 5:9 עֲלוֹהִי שָׁנַיִן וְזִיהִי were changed upon him, Daniel 7:28; Daniel 6:19 [Daniel 6:18] וְשִׁנְּתֵהּ נַדַּת עֲלוֺהִי (compare Daniel 2:1).
c. on accusative of (Biblical Hebrew 1f b), Daniel 3:16 עַל־דְּנָה פִּתְגָּם. So in עַלדְּֿנָה on this accusativeEzra 4:15, Ezra 4:22; Ezra 5:17, עַלמָֿה wherefore? †Daniel 2:15; and עַל דִּבְרַת דִּי (see דְּ׳).
d. on behalf of (ib. 1f c), Ezra 6:17.
e. regarding, concerning (ib. 1f g), Daniel 2:18; Daniel 5:14, Daniel 5:29; Daniel 6:6 [Daniel 6:5]; Daniel 6:13 [Daniel 6:12]; Ezra 7:14
2. over, with verbs of ruling, appointing, etc., Daniel 2:48, Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12; Daniel 4:14 [Daniel 4:17] +, Ezra 4:20; Ezra 6:18.
3. in a comparative sense, above, beyond, Daniel 3:19; Daniel 6:4 [Daniel 6:3].
4. expressing direction:
a. to, of a person, after a verb of motion (compare Biblical Hebrew 7c a a), Daniel 2:24; Daniel 4:31 [Daniel 4:34]; Daniel 4:33; Daniel 6:7 [Daniel 6:6]; Daniel 6:16 [Daniel 6:15]; Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:23 + often; after to send (a letter, etc.) Ezra 4:11, Ezra 4:17, Ezr 4:18; Ezra 5:6 +, write Ezra 4:7, prophesy Ezra 5:1; of the direction of the mind (ib. 7c c), Daniel 3:12; Daniel 6:14 [Daniel 6:13] (twice in verse); Daniel 6:15 [Daniel 6:14]; compare Ezra 5:5 הֲוַת עַל וְעֵין אֱל׳ (compare Jeremiah 40:4 and אֶל Psalm 34:16 [Psalm 34:15]).
b. against, Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:29; Daniel 5:23; Daniel 6:5 [Daniel 6:4]; Daniel 6:6 [Daniel 6:5] +; Ezra 4:8; Ezra 7:23.
5. in such phrases as שְׁפַר עַל, טְאֵב (to be) good or acceptable to (as in Syriac and late Hebrew: see Biblical Hebrew 8), Ezra 5:17 אִם עַל מַלְכָּא טָב, Ezra 7:18 (twice in verse); Daniel 4:24 [Daniel 4:27] (יִשְׁפַּר), Daniel 6:15 [Daniel 6:14] (בְּאֵשׁ), Daniel 6:24 [Daniel 6:23] (טְאֵב). — compare the synopsis of meanings in Lzb340.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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H5922

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Strong's Number H5922 matches the Hebrew עַל (ʿal),
which occurs 78 times in 59 verses in 'Dan' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Dan 2:10–Dan 6:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered [fn]the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who is able to declare the matter [fn]for the king, inasmuch as no great king or powerful ruler has ever asked about a matter like this of any [fn]magician, conjurer, or Chaldean.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - he answered and said to Arioch, a powerful [fn]official for the king, “For what reason H5922 is the law from the king so [fn]urgent?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - so that they might seek compassion from the God of heaven concerning H5922 this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 -

Therefore, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - “However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the [fn]last days. This was your dream and the visions of your head while on your bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:29 - “As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts [fn]turned to what would happen [fn]in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - “But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me by any wisdom which is in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - “You [fn]continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:46 -

Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and did homage to Daniel and said for them to present to him an offering and [fn]fragrant incense.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king [fn]promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him rule with power over H5922 the whole province of Babylon and chief [fn]prefect over H5922 all the wise men of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - And Daniel sought of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over H5922 the administration of the province of Babylon, while Daniel was at the king’s [fn]court.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - “There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over H5922 the administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, do not pay attention H5922 to you; they do not serve your gods and do not worship the golden image which you have set up.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 -

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to respond to you with an answer concerning H5922 this matter.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:19 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the image of his face changed toward H5922 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He answered and said to heat the furnace seven times more H5922 than H5922 it was usually heated.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 -

Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and saved His servants who put their trust in Him, [fn]violating the king’s word, and gave up their bodies so as not to serve and not to worship any god except their own God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or tongue that says anything offensive against H5922 the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:5 - “I saw a dream, and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my head kept alarming me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:10 -

‘Now these were the visions in my head as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a tree in the midst of the [fn]earth, and its height was great.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 -

‘I was looking in the visions in my head as I lay on my bed, and behold, a [fn]watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:16 -

“Let his heart be changed from that of a man,

And let the heart of a beast be given to him,

And let seven [fn]periods of time pass over H5922 him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 -

“This edict is by the resolution of the watchers,

And the decision is a command of the holy ones,

In order that the living may know

That the Most High is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind

And gives it to whom He wishes

And sets up over H5922 it the lowliest of men.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - ‘But in that the king saw a watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump [fn]with its roots in the earth, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let [fn]him share with the beasts of the field until seven [fn]periods of time pass over H5922 him,”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:24 - this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the resolution of the Most High, which has reached my lord the king:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - that you be driven away from mankind and your place of habitation be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven [fn]periods of time will pass over H5922 you, until you know that the Most High is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27 - ‘Therefore, O king, may my advice seem good to you: [fn]break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:28 -

“All this reached Nebuchadnezzar the king.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - “At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - and you will be driven away from mankind, and your place of habitation will be with the beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven [fn]periods of time will pass over H5922 you until you know that the Most High is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - “Immediately the word concerning H5922 Nebuchadnezzar was accomplished; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 -

“But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes toward heaven, and my knowledge returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever;

For His [fn]dominion is an everlasting [fn]dominion,

And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 -

“At that time my knowledge returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom, and my high officials and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my kingdom, and extraordinary greatness was added to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5 -

Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand came out and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the [fn]back of the hand that did the writing.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king called out loudly to bring in the conjurers, the [fn]Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this writing and declare its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around H5922 his neck and rule with power as [fn]third ruler in the kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9 - Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and the [fn]splendor of his face changed further, and his nobles were perplexed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:14 - “Now I have heard about H5922 you that [fn]a spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight, and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - “But I personally have heard about H5922 you, that you are able to give interpretations and [fn]solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read the writing and make its interpretation known to me, you will be clothed with purple and wear a necklace of gold around H5922 your neck, and you will rule with power as the [fn]third ruler in the kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - “He was also driven away from the sons of [fn]men, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his place of habitation was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of the sky until he knew that the Most High God is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and that He sets up over H5922 it whomever He wishes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have raised yourself up against H5922 the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear, or know. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 -

Then Belshazzar said the word, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around H5922 his neck and issued a proclamation concerning H5922 him that he now would be the [fn]third powerful ruler in the kingdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 -

[fn]It seemed good to Darius that he set 120 satraps over H5922 the kingdom, that they would be in charge of the whole kingdom,

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself [fn]among H5922 the commissioners and satraps because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king planned to set him over H5922 the entire kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the commissioners and satraps began seeking to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to matters of the kingdom; but they were not able to find any ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against H5922 him with regard to the law of his God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:6 -

Then these commissioners and satraps came [fn]by agreement to the king and said thus to him: “King Darius, live forever!

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 -

Now when Daniel knew that the written document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, [fn]as he had been doing previously.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they came near and said before the king concerning H5922 the king’s injunction, “Did you not sign an injunction that any man who seeks to make a petition [fn]to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions’ den?” The king answered and said, “The word is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [fn]may not be revoked.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the [fn]exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps seeking to make his petition three times a day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:14 -

Then, as soon as the king heard this word, he was greatly distressed within H5922 himself and set his mind on saving Daniel; and even until sunset he kept exerting himself to deliver him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then these men came [fn]by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - And a stone was brought and placed over H5922 the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel.

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