alal · enter, bring in

What it means

alal (עֲלַל) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “enter, bring in”.

To go in, to enter; in its causative form, to bring in, to introduce someone (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To go inside a place, in Aramaic.
2. To bring someone in, to present him before the king.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bring in ×3
• brought ×3
• came in ×3
• went in ×2
• bring me in ×1
• came ×1
• went ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:16

  And Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would give him time, and he would declare the interpretation to the king.

• Daniel 2:24

  Because of this Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and the interpretation to the king I will declare.”

• Daniel 2:25

  Then Arioch in haste brought Daniel before the king and said this to him: “I have found a man from the sons of the exile of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

• Daniel 4:6

  And from me a decree was made to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

• Daniel 4:7

  Then there came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and the dream I told before them, but its interpretation they did not make known to me.

• Daniel 4:8

  And at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and the dream I told before him:

• Daniel 5:7

  The king called out with strength to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who reads this writing and declares to me its interpretation will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on his neck, and as third in the kingdom he will rule.”

• Daniel 5:8

  Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they were not able to read the writing or make known its interpretation to the king.

• Daniel 5:10

  The queen, because of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the house of the feast. The queen answered and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, and do not let your color change.

• Daniel 5:13

  Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Are you Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah?

• Daniel 5:15

  And now the wise men, the enchanters, were brought in before me that they might read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they were not able to declare the interpretation of the matter.

• Daniel 6:10

  And Daniel, when he knew that the writing had been signed, went into his house; and he had windows open in his upper room toward Jerusalem; and three times a day he was kneeling on his knees and praying and giving thanks before his Elah, just as he had been doing before this.

• Daniel 6:18

  Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting, and diversions he did not bring in before him, and his sleep fled from him.

And 1 more times.