אָלָה
Used: 8 times · Key: 422 · BDB: אָלָה
Glosses
an.oath (2); put (2); cursing (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
swear tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אָלָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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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