אָלָה
ʾālâ
oath
Strong's H423NounHebrewTWOT 94a

אָלָה (ʾālâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning oath. It appears 36 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H423).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 94a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 94a)oath; curse; execration; imprecation; cursing, swearing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָלָה noun, feminine: oath

Strong's H423 אָלָה: an imprecation
KJV:curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

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.

Root family 94: אָלָה ʾālâ — swear, curse; take oath; adjure, put under oath; imprecate

See it in Scripture

Genesis 24:41Numbers 5:21Deuteronomy 30:7

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