To come
עֲלַלStrong’s H5954alal (a-lal)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Alal is the Aramaic word usually translated “went in”, “brought in” and “bring in”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.”
Meaning
- To thrust in, go in, come in(P'al) to go in, come in · (Aphel) to bring in · (Hophal) to be brought in
How it's translated
- he went in 3
- he brought in 2
- to bring in 2
- going in 2
- bring in me 1
- he came in 1
- she went in 1
- he was brought 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 13
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:24In contextTherefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:25In contextThen Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 4:6In contextTherefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
- Daniel 4:7In contextThen came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 4:8In contextBut at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
- Daniel 5:7In contextThe king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Aramaic dictionary
עֲלַל alal · to come
1) to thrust in, go in, come in 1a) (P'al) to go in, come in 1b) (Aphel) to bring in 1c) (Hophal) to be brought in
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “come” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COME, verb intransitive
- To move towards; to advance near, in any manner, and from any distance.
- To draw nigh; to approach; to arrive; to be present“COME thou and all thy house into the ark” Genesis 7:1“All my time will I wait, till my change come” Job 14:14“When shall I come and appear before God?” Psalms 42:2“Then shall the end come” Matthew 24:14“Thy kingdom come; thy will be done” Matthew 6:10
- To advance and arrive at some state or condition; as, the ships came to action; the players came to blows; is it come to this?“His sons come to honor and he knoweth it not” Job 14:21
- To happen or fall out; as, how comes that? Let come what will.“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds” Ezra 9:13“All things come alike to all” Ecclesiastes 9:2
All definitions and other forms of “come”
- To advance or move into view; to appear; as, blood or color comes and goes in the face.
- To sprout, as plants; to spring. Isaiah 37:3
- To become.
- To appear or be formed, as butter; to advance or change from cream to butter; a common use of the word; as, the butter comes.
- come in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come let us go.“The Lord will come down on mount Sinai” Exodus 19:11“Your principalities shall come down” Jeremiah 13:18“COME down from thy glory” Jeremiah 48:18
COME, noun
A sprout.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.