אָלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H422

swear — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

swear tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָלָה: swear, curse tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. swear, curse (cf. I. אלה? so Thes LagOr ii. 3)— Pf. 1 K 8:31 (= 2 Ch 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִית Ju 17:2; Inf. abs. אָלֹה Ho 4:2; אָלוֹת Ho 10:4. swear, take oath before God 1 K 8:31 (= 2 Ch 6:22); in covenants Ho 4:2; 10:4 (falsely). curse Ju 17:2. Impf. וַיֹּ֫אֶ֗ל 1 S 14:24; Inf. לְהַאֲלֹתוֹ 1 K 8:31 = 2 Ch 6:22 adjure, put under oath.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: an oath (2); put (2); cursing (1).

In the verses

Hosea 4:2 · tree →

אָלֹ֣ה וְכַחֵ֔שׁ וְרָצֹ֥חַ וְגָנֹ֖ב וְנָאֹ֑ף פָּרָ֕צוּ וְדָמִ֥ים בְּדָמִ֖ים נָגָֽעוּ׃

Word for word: cursing and deceiving and murdering and stealing and committing.adultery people.have.broken.out and blood(s) (in) blood(s) they.have.touched

JPS 1917: Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.

Hosea 10:4 · tree →

דִּבְּר֣וּ דְבָרִ֔ים אָל֥וֹת שָׁ֖וְא כָּרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֑ית וּפָרַ֤ח כָּרֹאשׁ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט עַ֖ל תַּלְמֵ֥י שָׂדָֽי׃

Word for word: they.have.spoken words they.have.sworn.an.oath falsehood they.have.made a.covenant and it.sprouts.up like.(the) poisonous plant justice on [the].furrows of.a.field

JPS 1917: They speak words, they swear falsely, they make covenants; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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