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alah: to swear, curse
Original Word: אָלָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: alah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law')
Short Definition: take

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to swear, curse
NASB Translation
oaths (1), put the under oath (1), swearing (1), take (2), takes an oath (2), under oath (1), uttered a curse (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. אָלָה verb swear, curse (compare I. אלה ? so Thes LagOr ii. 3) —

Qal Perfect 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִית Judges 17:2; Infinitive absolute אָלֹה Hosea 4:2; אָלוֺת Hosea 10:4.

1 swear, take oath before God 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22); in covenants Hosea 4:2; Hosea 10:4 (falsely).

2 curse Judges 17:2.

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיּאֶֹל 1 Samuel 14:24; Infinitive לְהַאֲלֹתוֺ 1 Kings 8:31 2Chronicles 6:22 adjure, put under oath.



Strong's
adjure, curse, swear

A primitive root; properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate -- adjure, curse, swear.

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