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Ezra 8:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6684 So we fasted ונצומה

H1245 and besought ונבקשׁה

H430 מאלהינו

H5921 for על

H2063 this זאת

H6279 ויעתר׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H6684 fasted

and

H1245 besought

our

H4480 God

H5921 for

H2063 this

and

was

intreated

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5921

Hebrew: עַל

Transliteration: ʻal

Pronunciation: al

Part of Speech: Preposition

Bible Usage: {above} according to ({-ly}) {after} (as) {against} {among} {and} X-(idiom) {as} {at} because {of} beside (the rest {of}) {between} beyond the {time} X-(idiom) both {and} by (reason {of}) X-(idiom) had the charge {of} concerning {for} in ({that}) ({forth} out) {of} (from) ({off}) (up-) {on} {over} {than} through ({-out}) {to} {touching} X-(idiom) with.

Definition:

{above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

1. upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

a. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

b. above, beyond, over (of excess)

c. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

d. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

e. over (of suspension or extension)

f. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

g. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

h. to (as a dative) conj

2. because that, because, notwithstanding, although

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906