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  • A radical muslim would love the opportunity to impress alah.

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  • She then utters a curse (Hebrew alah) in the hearing of her son Micah, who is the thief.

    Mother of Micah: Bible. 2009

  • Kalo hacchan perbesar sih yang merah2 kaya sel darah merah ato apa gitu yang di buku biologi XD sampingnya kaya gambar timer .. hacchan, alah jadi inget ma "A rush of Blodd to the Head" nya Coldplay, tapi ga nyambung ah = P

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  • Chanting "there is no god but alah," mourners carry a coffin into a mini van while many more were on their way to the cemetery.

    CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2007 2007

  • He told us the magic spell for killing dragons was “alah peanutbutter”.

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  • The "oath" ( 'alah) here is a "curse-oath," a lower conception than is involved in shebhu'ah.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • Wayyss'al (G.K. 72 t), "and he offered," from 'alah, "to go up," in the Hifil must mean, "to cause to go up."

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • Though Beersheba is said to lie lower than Gerar, yet the general expression for approaching any part of Palestine from the southwest is to "go up" ( 'alah).

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • "Power" -- 'el, a form which has a full parallel in another ` el from the same root, (' alah, "to be strong".) and meaning God.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • The term is derived from the root 'alah, signifying

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

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