alah
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alah: to swear, curse
Original Word: אָלָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: alah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law')
Short Definition: take

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to swear, curse
NASB Word Usage
oaths (1), put the under oath (1), swearing (1), take (2), takes an oath (2), under oath (1), uttered a curse (1).

II. אָלָה verb swear, curse (compare I. אלה ? so Thes LagOr ii. 3) —

Qal Perfect 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִית Judges 17:2; Infinitive absolute אָלֹה Hosea 4:2; אָלוֺת Hosea 10:4.

1 swear, take oath before God 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22); in covenants Hosea 4:2; Hosea 10:4 (falsely).

2 curse Judges 17:2.

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיּאֶֹל 1 Samuel 14:24; Infinitive לְהַאֲלֹתוֺ 1 Kings 8:31 2Chronicles 6:22 adjure, put under oath.



adjure, curse, swear

A primitive root; properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate -- adjure, curse, swear.

wə·’e·lō·ša- — 2 Occ.
’ê·lā — 1 Occ.
’el·gā·ḇîš — 3 Occ.
’al·gūm·mîm — 1 Occ.
hā·’al·gūm·mîm — 1 Occ.
wə·’al·gūm·mîm — 1 Occ.
’el·dāḏ — 2 Occ.
wə·’el·dā·‘āh — 2 Occ.
’ĕ·lî — 1 Occ.
’ā·lāh — 1 Occ.
’ā·lōh — 1 Occ.
’ā·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·ha·’ă·lō·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
way·yō·’el — 1 Occ.
’ā·lāh — 11 Occ.
’ā·lā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
’ā·lā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
’ā·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
bə·’ā·lāh — 3 Occ.
hā·’ā·lāh — 6 Occ.


Strong's Hebrew 422
6 Occurrences


’ā·lāh — 1 Occ.
’ā·lîṯ — 1 Occ.
’ā·lōh — 1 Occ.
’ā·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·ha·’ă·lō·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
way·yō·’el — 1 Occ.

Judges 17:2
BIB: (וְאַ֤תְּ ק) אָלִית֙ וְגַם֙ אָמַ֣רְתְּ
NAS: were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing,
KJV: that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest
INT: were taken you uttered again said

1 Samuel 14:24
BIB: בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיֹּאֶל֩ שָׁא֨וּל אֶת־
NAS: for Saul had put the people
KJV: for Saul had adjured the people,
INT: day he had put Saul the people

1 Kings 8:31
BIB: ב֥וֹ אָלָ֖ה לְהַֽאֲלֹת֑וֹ וּבָ֗א אָלָ֛ה
NAS: and is made to take an oath,
KJV: be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath
INT: debt an oath to take comes an oath

2 Chronicles 6:22
BIB: וְנָֽשָׁא־ ב֥וֹ אָלָ֖ה לְהַֽאֲלֹת֑וֹ וּבָ֗א
NAS: and is made to take an oath,
KJV: be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath
INT: his neighbor be laid to take an oath comes

Hosea 4:2
BIB: אָלֹ֣ה וְכַחֵ֔שׁ וְרָצֹ֥חַ
NAS: [There is] swearing, deception,
KJV: By swearing, and lying, and killing,
INT: swearing deception murder

Hosea 10:4
BIB: דִּבְּר֣וּ דְבָרִ֔ים אָל֥וֹת שָׁ֖וְא כָּרֹ֣ת
NAS: With worthless oaths they make
KJV: words, swearing falsely
INT: speak words oaths worthless make

6 Occurrences


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