Lexical Summary alah: an oath Original Word: אָלָהTransliteration: alah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: an oath Meaning: an imprecation Strong's Concordance curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing From 'alah; an imprecation -- curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing. see HEBREW 'alah Brown-Driver-Briggs H423. alah אָלָה noun feminine oath Genesis 26:28 +; suffix אָלָתוֺ אָלָתִי, 24:11 + (4 t.); plural אָלוֺת Deuteronomy 29:20 + (4 t). 1 oath in testimony Leviticus 5:1; Numbers 5:21 (twice in verse) (P) Proverbs 29:23; באלה בא come into an oath Nehemiah 10:30; באלה הביא bring into an oath Ezekiel 17:13; אלה נשׂא 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22). 2 oath of convenant Genesis 24:41 (twice in verse); 26:28 (J) Deuteronomy 29:11; 29:13; אלה בזה despise an oath Ezekiel 16:59; 17:16, 18, 19. 3 curse (a) from God Numbers 5:23 (P) Deuteronomy 29:18; 29:19; 29:20; 30:7; 2 Chronicles 34:24; Isaiah 24:6; Jeremiah 23:10; Daniel 9:11; Zechariah 5:3; (b) from men Job 31:30; Psalm 10:7; 59:13. 4 execration in the phrase לאלה היה become an execration Numbers 5:27 (P) Jeremiah 29:18; 42:18; 44:12. |