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H5921 · עַל

ʻal

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV gloss list in the source

above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Source pronunciation notation: al

Derivation recorded by Strong

properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

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