Height
עַלStrong’s H5920al
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Al is the Hebrew word usually translated “height” and “above”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,”
Meaning
- Height
- Above, upwards, on high
How it's translated
- height 2
- above 1
- a height 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hosea 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- Psalms 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 50:4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
- Hosea 7:16They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
- Hosea 11:7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Hebrew dictionary
עַל al · height
subst 1) height adv 2) above, upwards, on high
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “above” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ABOVE', adverb
- Overhead; in a higher place.
- Before.
- Chief in rank or power. Deuteronomy 28:1
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.