אָלָה (ʾālâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning swear. It appears
6 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H422).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 94)
Range of meaning (TWOT 94)swear, curse; take oath; adjure, put under oath; imprecate
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָלָהverb: swear, curse
Qal
1.swear, take oath
2.curse
Hiphiladjure, put under oath
Strong's H422אָלָה: properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate KJV:adjure, curse, swear.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.