Alu אֲלוּ
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| אֲלוּ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | alu |
| Strong's number | H431 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | interjection |
| Gloss | behold |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
Alu (Aramaic אֲלוּ, Strong's H431) is an Aramaic interjection meaning “behold”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
behold!, lo!
Aramaic of al.lay (אַלְלַי "woe!" H0480)
Aramaic of al.lay (אַלְלַי "woe!" H0480)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | behold (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | appeared (1), there was (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Alu, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Daniel
- Daniel 2:31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
- Daniel 4:10Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
- Daniel 4:13I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
- Daniel 7:8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).