אָלָה
Used: 34 times · Key: 423 · BDB: אָלָה²
Glosses
a.curse (8); oath (7); an.oath (6)
Meaning (OSHB)
oath tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. oath tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. oath Gn 26:28 +; sf. אָלָתִי, אָלָתוֹ Gn 24:41 + (4 times); pl. אָלוֹת Dt 29:20 + (4 times) oath in testimony Lv 5:1 Nu 5:21(×2) (P) Pr 29:24; בא באלה come into an oath Ne 10:30; הביא באלה bring into an oath Ez 17:13; נשׂא אלה 1 K 8:31 (= 2 Ch 6:22). oath of covenant Gn 24:41(×2); 26:28 (J) Dt 29:11, 13; בזה אלה despise an oath Ez 16:59; 17:16, 18, 19. curse (a) from God Nu 5:23 (P) Dt 29:18, 19, 20; 30:7 2 Ch 34:24 Is 24:6 Je 23:10 Dn 9:11 Zc 5:3; (b) from men Jb 31:30 ψ 10:7; 59:13. execration in the phrase היה לאלה become an execration Nu 5:27 (P) Je 29:18; 42:18; 44:12.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 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, 1 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
חוֹלֵ֣ק עִם־גַּ֭נָּב שׂוֹנֵ֣א נַפְשׁ֑וֹ אָלָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יַגִּֽיד׃
Word for word: [one.who].has.shares with a.thief [is].hating self his.own an.oath he.hears and not he.tells
JPS 1917: Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.
וְלֹא־נָתַ֣תִּי לַחֲטֹ֣א חִכִּ֑י לִשְׁאֹ֖ל בְּאָלָ֣ה נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
Word for word: and not I.have.permitted to sin palate my by asking.for by a.curse life his
JPS 1917: Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.
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