Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate
KJV Usage: adjure, curse, swear
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָלָה (a.lah) — to swear. 1) to swear, curse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swear, take an oath (before God) 1a2) to curse 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to put under oath, adjure 1b2) to put under a curse
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אָלָה · תַּאֲלָה
Curse | verb qal | ≈ בְּרִית
to utter a curse, to bind with a curse = action by which someone invokes the name of a deity and ask him to punish a wrong-doer; ◄ contexts in which this may happen include: (1) covenants and agreements, where the deity is asked to punish those who do not obey the terms of the agreement, (2) cases where a supposedly wrongful act has been committed, but where there is not enough certainty about the identity of the person who is responsible, and (3) in order to prevent people from committing a wrongful action, knowing that the deity's punishment will be upon them if they do so; ► the effectiveness of the curse partially depends on the authority of the one pronouncing it
Curse | verb hif
to cause someone to bind himself with a curse = to cause someone else to invoke the name of a deity and ask him to punish a wrong-doer; ◄ contexts in which this may happen include: (1) covenants and agreements, where the deity is asked to punish those who do not obey the terms of the agreement, (2) cases where a supposedly wrongful act has been committed, but where there is not enough certainty about the identity of the person who is responsible, and (3) in order to prevent people from committing a wrongful action, knowing that the deity's punishment will be upon them if they do so; ► the effectiveness of the curse partially depends on the authority of the one pronouncing it
Curse | verb qal | ≈ גנב · כחשׁ · נאף · רצח
to curse = to consign someone or something to death, damage, or destruction, usually by invoking the name of a deity if the agent is human; ◄ this is done as punishment, out of contempt, anger, or hostility; ► the effectiveness of a curse partially depends on the authority of the one pronouncing it
verb
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָלָה vb. swear, curse Qal swear, take oath
curse
Hiph. adjure, put under oath
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