# אָלָה (alah)

Israeli respelling: a-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H422. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate

King James renderings: adjure, curse, swear.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/alah-h422

## Occurrences

- [Judges 17:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/2) — And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also…
- [1 Samuel 14:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/24) — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until eveni…
- [1 Kings 8:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/31) — If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this…
- [2 Chronicles 6:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/22) — If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
- [Hosea 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/2) — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- [Hosea 10:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/4) — They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.