Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #422 - אָלָה alah (to swear)

Original Word:	אָלָה
Transliteration:	alah
Definition:	to swear, curse
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(aw-law')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

adjure, curse, swear

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

Englishman's Concordance

1) to swear, curse
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to swear, take an oath (before God)
1a2) to curse
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to put under oath, adjure
1b2) to put under a curse
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 94

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. אָלָהverbswear, curse (compare I. אלה ? so Thes Lag^{Or ii. 3}) —

QalPerfect1 Kings 8:31 (=2 Chronicles 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִיתJudges 17:2; Infinitive absoluteאָלֹהHosea 4:2; אָלוֺתHosea 10:4.

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

2curseJudges 17:2.

Hiph`ilImperfectוַיּאֶֹל1 Samuel 14:24; Infinitiveלְהַאֲלֹתוֺ1 Kings 8:31 2Chronicles 6:22 adjure, put under oath.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 422. אָלָה (alah) — 6 Occurrences

Judges 17:2
HEB:(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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: אָלֹ֣ה וְכַחֵ֔שׁ וְרָצֹ֥חַ
NAS:[There is] swearing, deception,
KJV:By swearing, and lying, and killing,
INT:swearing deception murder

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

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