אָלָה
a.lah
“to swear”
Definition
properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
אָלָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
They speak mere words;with false oaths they make covenants.So judgment springs uplike poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Cursing and lying,murder and stealing,and adultery are rampant;one act of bloodshed follows another.
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