Strong's #5921: `al (pronounced al)
properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
‛al
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against (preposition)
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although (conjunction)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Relation: properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following)
Usage:
This word is used 5681 times:
1 Samuel 21:15: "this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?"
1 Samuel 22:2: "gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four"
1 Samuel 22:6: "and all his servants were standing about"
1 Samuel 22:7: "said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son"
1 Samuel 22:8: "That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth"
1 Samuel 22:8: "the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto"
1 Samuel 22:8: "me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against"
1 Samuel 22:9: "the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw"
1 Samuel 22:13: "unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given"
1 Samuel 22:17: "said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD;"
1 Samuel 23:9: "Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest,"
1 Samuel 23:17: "find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next"
1 Samuel 23:21: "of the LORD; for ye have compassion on"
1 Samuel 23:27: "thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land."
1 Samuel 23:28: "David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that"
1 Samuel 24:3: "And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave;"
1 Samuel 24:5: "afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off"
1 Samuel 24:10: "in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth"
1 Samuel 24:22: "home; but David and his men got them up unto the hold."
1 Samuel 25:8: "in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee,"
1 Samuel 25:13: "men; and two hundred abode by the stuff."
1 Samuel 25:16: "They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all"
1 Samuel 25:17: "is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son"
1 Samuel 25:18: "and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses."
1 Samuel 25:20: "And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill,"
1 Samuel 25:23: "David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before"
1 Samuel 25:23: "the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,"
1 Samuel 25:24: "And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid,"
1 Samuel 25:30: "the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;"
1 Samuel 25:30: "concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;"
1 Samuel 25:36: "and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken:"
1 Samuel 25:42: "hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went"
1 Samuel 26:1: "hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?"
1 Samuel 26:3: "in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way."
1 Samuel 26:3: "which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode"
1 Samuel 26:12: "a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon"
1 Samuel 26:13: "went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off;"
1 Samuel 26:16: "to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed."
1 Samuel 27:10: "today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south"
1 Samuel 27:10: "Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south"
1 Samuel 27:11: "saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David,"
1 Samuel 28:15: "for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no"
1 Samuel 28:16: "then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?"
1 Samuel 28:18: "his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this"
1 Samuel 30:6: "the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David"
1 Samuel 30:6: "every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD"
1 Samuel 30:14: "made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south"
1 Samuel 30:14: "and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag"
1 Samuel 30:16: "And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating"
1 Samuel 30:17: "hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled."
