, etc. (Kö
).
(b) The basis being conceived as involving the
ground,
על denotes the cause or reason,
on account of, because of,
Genesis 20:3 lo thou shalt die
עַל הָאִשָּׁה on account of the woman,
Genesis 21:12;
Genesis 26:7,
Genesis 26:9;
Genesis 27:41;
Genesis 42:21;
Leviticus 4:3,
Leviticus 4:28;
Leviticus 5:18;
Leviticus 19:17;
Leviticus 26:18,
Leviticus 26:24,
Leviticus 26:28;
Deuteronomy 9:18;
Deuteronomy 24:16 fathers shall not be put to death
עלבֿנים on account of children,
Deuteronomy 31:18;
Joshua 9:20;
H5291Jeremiah 1:16;
Jeremiah 5:9;
Ezekiel 18:26 עליהם (||
Ezekiel 33:18 בָּהֶם),
Proverbs 28:21;
Psalm 39:12 [
Psalm 39:11];
Psalm 50:8 + often;
Psalm 44:23 [
Psalm 44:22]
עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ on thy account are we slain all the day,
Psalm 69:8 [
Psalm 69:7];
Jeremiah 15:15; in the phrases
עַל...
דְּבַר,
עַל אוֺדוֺת,
עַל זֹאת and
עַל זֶה on this
account,
עַל מָה on what
account ? עַלכֵּֿן =
therefore (see
דָּבָר,
אוֺדָה, etc.); before an infinitive, as
Exodus 17:7 וְעַל נַסּוֺתָם אֶתיֿ׳ and
on, account of their trying
י׳,
Amos 1:3 עַל דּוּשָׁם on account of their threshing = because they threshed,
Amos 1:6;
Amos 1:9;
Amos 1:11;
Amos 1:13, etc.,
Jeremiah 2:35 עַל אָמְרֵךְ because of thy saying,
Jeremiah 9:12 [
Jeremiah 9:13;
Jeremiah 16:18 +; and as a conjunction both with and without
אֲשֶׁר or
כִּי (see below
III). And so often of the ground or cause of fear, grief, delight, or other emotions, e.g.
Exodus 18:9;
Exodus 32:14 (
נִחַם repent: so often),
1 Samuel 4:13;
1 Samuel 30:6;
2 Samuel 1:26;
2 Samuel 3:8;
1 Kings 21:4;
2 Kings 6:11;
Jeremiah 10:19;
Amos 6:6.
(c) Somewhat more strongly, on behalf of, for the sake of, Genesis 19:17 escape על נפשׁך forthy life; Judges 9:17; 2 Kings 10:3 נִלְחֵם עַל (usually ל); 1 Kings 2:18 I will speak on thy behalf to the king, 1 Kings 2:19 (2 Kings 4:13 לְ); Esther 4:16, Esther 4:8; Esther 7:7; Esther 8:11; Esther 9:16; Daniel 12:1 על עמד stand up (in late Hebrew) on behalf of; התפלל על intercede for (usually בעד) Job 42:8; Nehemiah 1:6; 2 Chronicles 30:18; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Ezra 8:35; and very often with כִּפֶּר (which see) make atonement for. (Not very common with other verbs.)
(d) Sometimes it acquires almost a final force, for; Exodus 12:4; Exodus 29:36; Exodus 30:16; Deuteronomy 27:13 there shall stand עַלהַֿקְּלָלָה (|| Deuteronomy 27:12 לְבָרֵךְ), Psalm 89:4 [Psalm 89:3 עַל־מַה־שָּׁוְא כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָם בָּרָאתָ unto what vanity hast thou created, etc.! Proverbs 29:5b 2 Chronicles 23:18; Ecclesiastes 3:17.
(e) Of a condition, or attendant circumstances (rare; so , WAG ii § 59 e): Psalm 50:5 זָ֑בַח׃ עֲלֵי upon, with sacrifice, Psalm 92:4 [Psalm 92:3 וגו׳ עָשׂוֹר עֲלֵי with a ten-stringed instrument, with a harp, with sounding music on a lyre; עַל רִיב upon occasion of a law-suit Exodus 23:2; Ezekiel 44:24, עַל יוֺם טוֺב 1 Samuel 25:8 (compare at a time of... Qoran [Koran] 28:14), Nehemiah 12:22 (? read עַד BeRy), Isaiah 18:4 כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי אוֺר at time of sunshine, Isaiah 64:11 [Isaiah 64:12] עַל אֵלֶּה, Jeremiah 8:18; עֲלֵי יָגוֺן at time of sorrow, Jeremiah 16:7 (but Gie עַל אָבֵל to): with abstract substantives to form a periphr. for adverbs, Leviticus 5:22 [Leviticus 6:3] and swear עַל שֶׁקֶר upon falseness = falsely, Jeremiah 6:14 = Jeremiah 8:11 to heal a wound עַל נְקַלָּה lightly, easily, Psalm 31:24 [Psalm 31:23] עַל יֶתֶר = abundantly, Isaiah 60:7 עַל רָצוֺן = acceptably (compare = with delight).
(f) It hence acquires the force of in spite of, notwithstanding (so , WAG ii. § 59 h), Job 10:7 עַל דַּעְתְּךָ in spite of thy knowing, Job 34:6 משׁפטי על notwithstanding my right I am to be a liar (Di De Da RV: otherwise Hi RVm). compare below, III c b.
(g) Upon, concerning, with verbs of speaking, as דִּבֶּר Judges 9:3; 1 Kings 5:13 [1 Kings 4:33], אָמַר, Jeremiah 16:3; Jeremiah 27:19 (|| אל) Jeremiah 33:4, hearing Genesis 41:15 שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ I have heard concerning thee, saying, etc., 1 Kings 10:6; Isaiah 37:9 (|| 2 Kings 19:9 אל), disputing Genesis 26:11, telling 1 Samuel 27:11; Joel 1:3, commanding 2 Samuel 14:8; 1 Kings 11:10, being vexed 1 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 6:11, crying 2 Kings 8:5, confessing Psalm 32:5; Nehemiah 1:6; of the object of a prophecy or vision 1 Kings 22:8; Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 2:1; and often with similar verbs.
(h) In a somewhat weaker sense, in the matter of, as regards, Genesis 41:32 וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֺת הַחֲלוֺם, Exodus 22:8 [Exodus 22:9]; Ruth 4:7; Leviticus 5:22 [Leviticus 6:3]; Leviticus 5:26 [Leviticus 6:7]; Daniel 9:14b Nehemiah 9:33; חָטָא עַל Leviticus 4:14 (|| בָּהּ Leviticus 4:23, cognate accusative Leviticus 4:28), Leviticus 5:5; Numbers 6:11; Nehemiah 13:26; עַלדְּֿבַר ֗֗֗ in the matter of, Numbers 25:18; Numbers 31:16.
2. It expresses excess (synonym מִן which see); Genesis 48:22 I give thee שְׁכֶם אַחַר עַל אַחֶיךָ one shoulder (ridge) above thy brethren, Exodus 16:5 מִשְׁנֶה על double above or beyond, Numbers 3:46; Deuteronomy 25:3 stripes עַלאֵֿלֶּה beyond these, Joshua 3:15 Jordan מָלֵא עַל was full over all its banks (compare Joshua 4:18; Isaiah 8:7b הלך על, עלה) Psalm 138:2; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Daniel 1:20 עֶשֶׂר יָדוֺת עַל ten times above (compare in Aramaic Daniel 3:19, and Qoran 37:153), Ezra 1:6 לְבַר עַל = beside (see בַּד); Psalm 16:2 (si vera lectio) טוֺבָתִי בַל עָלֶיךָ my welfare is not beyond thee, i.e. does not lie outside thee. — Of time, Leviticus 15:25 if she has an issue עַל נִדָּתָהּ beyond her time of impurity (compare Isaiah 32:10, 4b).
3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence, as עליון על high (figurative) above, Deuteronomy 26:19 al., Deuteronomy 28:43 יעלה עליך will go up above thee, compare Proverbs 31:29; Psalm 57:6 [Psalm 57:5; Psalm 57:12 [Psalm 57:11 be thou exalted above the heavens, Psalm 89:8 [Psalm 89:7]; Psalm 95:3; Psalm 96:4, etc., Nehemiah 9:5; with words (which see) such as גבר, גדל, חזק, נשׂא (Ni. Pi. Hithp.), עזז, and especially those denoting rule or superintendence, as מלך, הפקיד; so with שָׁת, היה, נתן, Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:40, Genesis 41:43 שׂם; 1 Samuel 18:5; with פָּקִיד, שַׂר, מֶלֶךְ, etc., Genesis 41:34; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 18:21, etc.; absolute 2 Samuel 8:16 Joab was עלהֿצבא over the host, 2 Samuel 20:23b, 2 Samuel 20:24 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Kings 4:5; 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:30 [1 Kings 5:16]; Numbers 10:14ff.; 1 Chronicles 9:23, 1 Chronicles 9:26 ff.; 1 Chronicles 27:25 ff.; 2 Chronicles 30:17; 2 Chronicles 31:12; אֲשֶׁר עַל בֵּיתוֺ of Joseph's steward Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:19; Genesis 44:1, Genesis 44:4; and in the official titles אֲשֶׁר עַלהַֿבַּיִת = the Governor of the Palace Isaiah 22:15 and elsewhere (see כַּיִת 6); אֲשֶׁר עַלהַֿמַּם the overseer of the forced labour 1 Kings 12:18; אשׁר עלהֿעיר the governor of the city 2 Kings 10:5, אשׁר על המלתחה 2 Kings 10:22.
4. It expresses addition (compare ἐπὶ in Greek, e.g.ἐπὶ τούτοις); namely
a. introducing the complement of a verb, as with יָסַף to add upon or to, Psalm 61:7 [Psalm 61:6] + often (see יָסַף), שָׁת to put to Genesis 30:40, נִלְוָה to be joined to Numbers 18:24; Isaiah 14:1 (also with אֶל), נָפַל to fall to, i.e. desert to, Jeremiah 21:9 +, עבר to pass over to Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:14; Isaiah 45:14 (compare Isaiah 60:5); also Habakkuk 2:16 תִּסֹּב כּוֺם עַל Lamentations 4:21; Esther 4:7; נֶחְשַׁב to be reckoned to Leviticus 25:31; 2 Samuel 4:2, היה על Numbers 36:12; Psalm 69:28 [Psalm 69:27] תְּנָה עָוֺן עַל עֲוֺנָם, Isaiah 56:8 עוֺר אֲקַבֵּץ עָלָיו I will yet gather (others) unto him.
b. Used absolutely, as Genesis 28:9 he took Mahalath עַל נָשָׁיו in addition to his (other) wives, Genesis 31:50 (compare אל Leviticus 18:18), Numbers 31:8 עַל חַלְלֵיהֶם in addition to their slain (|| Joshua 13:22 אֶל), Deuteronomy 23:14 [Deuteronomy 23:13]; Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 16:43; Ezekiel 25:10; Isaiah 32:10 יָמִים עַל שָׁנָה days upon, in addition to, a year, 2 Chronicles 31:15 יָמִים עַל יָמִים, Ezekiel 7:26 הֹוָה עַל הֹוָה תָבוֺא (|| אל), Jeremiah 4:20 (if נִקְרָא = be proclaimed), Job 16:14 עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ פֶרֶץ יִפְרְצֵנִי (compare LagM iii. 112; also Iliad 14:130 ἕλκος ἐφ’ ἕλκει, Odyssey 7:120f; Qoran 31:13). So often in laws of P (compare c), Leviticus 7:12 he shall offer הַתּוֹדָה עַל־זֶבַח in addition to the sacrifice of thanksgiving, etc., Leviticus 7:13b Numbers 6:20; Numbers 15:9; Numbers 28:10, Numbers 28:15, Numbers 28:24 (compare מִלְּבַר Numbers 28:31; Numbers 29:6), Numbers 35:6; Ezekiel 16:43 (Hi Sm RV: compare Ezekiel 44:7 אל).
c. Hence by an easy transition it denotes together with, with, Exodus 35:22 men together with (עַל) women, Job 38:32 וְעַיִשׁ עַלבָּֿנֶיהָ תַנְחֵם and the Bear with her children, wilt thou lead them? 1 Kings 15:20; Jeremiah 3:18 the house of Israel with the house of Judah, Micah 5:2 [Micah 5:3 (Ca Ke Kue; but al. as 7c a), Genesis 32:12 [Genesis 32:11] lest he come and smite me, אֵם עַל בָּנִים the mother with the children (compare Hosea 10:14; Deuteronomy 22:6); and as a technical term in the regulations for sacrifice, especially with אכל, Exodus 12:8, יאֹכְלֻהוּ עַלמְֿדֹרִים together with bitter herbs they shall eat it, Exodus 12:9 his head with (על) his legs, etc., Numbers 9:11; Deuteronomy 16:3 לֹאתֿאֹכַל עָלָיו חָמֵץ (compare Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25), Exodus 34:3; in the phrase אכל על הדם to eat with the blood 1 Samuel 14:32, 1 Samuel 14:33 (1 Samuel 14:34 אל), Leviticus 19:26; Ezekiel 33:25 (compare in Greek e.g. ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ πίνειν ὕδωρ); see also Leviticus 2:2, Leviticus 2:16; Leviticus 3:4 (so Leviticus 3:10; Leviticus 3:15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4), Leviticus 4:11; Leviticus 7:13a, Leviticus 7:30; Leviticus 10:15; Leviticus 14:31; Leviticus 23:18; Leviticus 23:20; Numbers 6:17; Numbers 19:5; 1 Chronicles 7:4.
5. It expresses the idea of being suspended, or extended, over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over: Genesis 1:20 let fowl fly over the earth, Genesis 19:23 השׁמשׁ יצא על had come forth upon the earth (compare זרח על Exodus 22:2 [Exodus 22:3] +; בא על go down [set] upon Deuteronomy 24:15; Micah 3:6; Job 25:3), Numbers 10:34; Numbers 14:14 and thy cloud stood עליהם over them, Deuteronomy 28:23 the heavens עלרֿאשׁך above overthy head, Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 60:2; Zephaniah 2:11; Zechariah 9:14; Psalm 7:8 [Psalm 7:7 over it return thou on high, Job 29:3 רֹאשִׁי עֲלֵי נֵרוֹ בְּהִלּוֹ (compare על דעך be extinguished over, Job 18:6), Songs 2:4 his banner over me: figurative of protection Deuteronomy 32:38; Psalm 68:35 [Psalm 68:34]: with verbs of motion (expressed or implied), נשׁקף על to incline over 1 Samuel 13:18 +, ידו על נטה) Exodus 14:16; Isaiah 23:11 + (compare Psalm 21:12 [Psalm 21:11]), הניף על to swing over Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 19:16; השׁמיע על to proclaim over Jeremiah 4:16; Amos 3:9, compare Numbers 10:10; 2 Chronicles 13:12, שׁם על נקרא a name to be called over 2 Samuel 12:28 + (see קרא).
6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, English by (or sometimes on): —
a. in designating localities, especially those beside water, Genesis 14:16 עַלהַֿמִּדְבָּר by the wilderness, Genesis 16:7 עַל עֵין הַמַּיִם by the spring of water, Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:30; Genesis 29:2 three flocks lying עָלֶיהָ by it (the well), Genesis 41:1; Numbers 3:26; Numbers 13:29 עלהֿים by the sea, Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:6 gardens עֲלֵי נָהָר Deuteronomy 3:12; Deuteronomy 33:8; Judges 5:19; 1 Samuel 1:9 על מזוזת היכל י׳ (Ezekiel 46:2), 1 Samuel 4:1; 2 Kings 2:7 and they stood עלהֿירדן by the Jordan, 2 Kings 25:4; Isaiah 19:7; Isaiah 38:20; Psalm 1:3 planted by water-courses, Jeremiah 17:2, Jeremiah 17:8; Job 30:4; Job 31:9 על פתח by the entrance, Proverbs 14:19, + often; על הדרך by the way Genesis 38:21; 1 Samuel 24:4 [1 Samuel 24:3]; Ezekiel 48:24ff. על גבולו adjoining his border; עבר על to pass by a place 1 Kings 9:18; Jeremiah 18:16 +, figurative עבר על פשׁע to pass by transgression, i.e. to overlook it, Micah 7:18 and elsewhere: על יְמִין ֗֗֗ on the right of... Psalm 110:5 +, עַליַד ֗֗֗, עַל יֶרֶךְ ֗֗֗, עַל כֶּתֶף ֗֗֗ on the side of... (see these words): less frequently (except as c) with reference to persons>, Numbers 2:5 וְהַחֹנִים עָלָיו and those encamping next him, Numbers 2:12; Numbers 2:20; Numbers 2:27; Numbers 6:9 וכי ימות מת עליו, 2 Kings 11:11 by the king round about (compare Numbers 3:26 above), עבר על פ׳ H5921 Genesis 18:5; 2 Kings 4:9 +.
b. 2 Samuel 9:7, 2 Samual 9:10 to eat bread פּ׳ שֻׁלְחַן עַל at any one's table, Exodus 16:3 when we sat עַלסִֿיר הַבָּשָׂר, 1 Samuel 20:24 Kt to sit עַלהַֿלֶּחֶם at meat; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24 to remain עַלהַֿכֵּלִים; Proverbs 23:30 to tarry long עלהֿיין at (or over) the wine, Job 39:9 עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ at thy crib: compare הַמִּשְׁפָּט עַל הַיּוֹשֵׁב Isaiah 28:6.
c. Idiomatically, with עָמַד and נִצַּב to stand by (literally over, — originally no doubt with reference to one supposed to be seated), Genesis 18:2 three men נִצָּבִים עָלָיו standing by him, Genesis 18:8 and he עֹמֵד עליו standing by him under the tree, Genesis 24:30 by the camels, Genesis 28:13; 1 Samuel 4:20; 2 Samuel 1:9; 2 Samuel 12:17; 2 Samuel 20:11, 2 Samuel 20:12; Amos 7:7; especially of persons standing about a superior, as servants or courtiers, Genesis 45:1; Judges 3:19; 1 Samuel 22:6, 1 Samuel 22:7, 1 Samuel 22:17, of persons surrounding a judge Exodus 18:13, Exodus 18:14, of י׳'s heavenly ministers, 1 Kings 22:19 (compare Isaiah 6:2 ממעל לו), Zechariah 4:16, and with התיצב Zechariah 6:5; Job 1:6; Job 2:1; also of one standing by (properly leaning over) an altar or sacrifice Numbers 23:3, Numbers 23:6; 1 Kings 13:1 (compare 7b) Amos 9:1; of an Ashérah by an altar Judges 6:25, Judges 6:28 (compare אֵצֶל Deuteronomy 16:21).
7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or figurative): —
a. of motion from a higher place downwards, down upon: thus
(a) המטיר על to rain upon Genesis 2:5; Genesis 19:24, ירד על Genesis 15:11, יצק על to pour upon Genesis 28:18, נפל על צוארי פ׳ Genesis 33:4, נפל על פניו to fall on his (own) face Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17, שׂם על to put upon, Genesis 21:14; Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:99; Genesis 24:47 (Genesis 24:22 Sam Di), נתן על כף to place on the hand of... Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, השׁליך על 2 Samuel 20:12, etc.; compare Job 29:22 וְעָלֵימוֺ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִי, Micah 3:5; Nahum 3:12.
(b) In different figurative connections, as of sleep falling upon one, Genesis 2:21; Genesis 15:12; of fear Genesis 9:2; 1 Samuel 11:7 (see פַּחַר, חֲרָדָה, אֵימָה); of good or bad fortune, especially the latter, coming upon one, as with בוא and הביא, Genesis 27:12; Deuteronomy 28:2 (in good sense), Deuteronomy 28:15, Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 19:3 (רעה, as often); of retribution, reproach, the Divine wrath, etc., with different verbs (הביא, נתן, ירד, חול, היה, etc.), as Genesis 20:9; Numbers 12:11 חטאה; Genesis 42:36 עַלַי הָיוּ כֻלָּנָה upon me are they all; Numbers 18:5 + (היה קֶצֶף על); Deuteronomy 19:10 דם (compare אל 2 Samuel 21:2 We Dr), Judges 9:24; 1 Kings 2:32; 2 Samuel 16:8; Hosea 12:15 [Hosea 12:14]; 2 Samuel 3:29; 2 Samuel 15:14; 1 Samuel 11:2 חרפה; Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 26:15 דם נקי (|| אל), Jonah 1:14; Ezekiel 7:3, Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 23:40; Ezekiel 36:29; Psalm 7:17 [Psalm 7:16]; Psalm 94:2; Psalm 94:23; Psalm 109:5 וישׂימו עלי רעה תחת טובה (lay upon me: but Hu וישיבו, Proverbs 17:13), Psalm 140:11; שָׁפַךְ חֵמָה על Ezekiel 7:8 + often; without a verb, Genesis 16:5 חֲמָסִי עָלֶיךָ my wrong be upon thee, Jeremiah 51:35 (|| אל); Genesis 27:13 עלי קללתך; Genesis 38:29 (accents, RVm); 2 Samuel 1:16 דמיך על ראשׁך; 2 Samuel 14:9 עָלַי הֶעָוֺן; Isaiah 24:17; Jeremiah 48:43; Jeremiah 50:27; Ezekiel 13:3 הוֺי על ֗֗֗; Psalm 55:16 [Psalm 55:15] Kt.; of a blessing, Exodus 32:29; Psalm 3:9 [Psalm 3:8], a curse Deuteronomy 30:7, mercies (probably conceived specifically as descending from heaven) Psalm 33:22; Psalm 86:13; Psalm 90:17; Psalm 103:17 (with גבר be mighty over or upon, Psalm 33:11; Psalm 117:2), Psalm 116:12; Psalm 145:9; Ezra 3:11, שׁלום Psalm 125:5 ; Psalm 128:6; 1 Chronicles 22:9.
(c) Introducing the object upon which an action, or emotion, especially if accompanied by a gesture, is conceived as being directed (but with some of these words, especially when they refer to an event, rather than a person, as Exodus 18:9, על is to be explained from 1f b). Thus with verbs denoting the manifestation of joy or grief, as שׂושׂ to rejoice over, גיל, שׂמח, התענג, התפאר, שׂחק, אבל, ספד, שׁמם, בכה Judges 11:37 +, נשׂא (משׁל) קינה to take up a lament, or proverb, over (see these words); probably also in הִנָּבֵא על prophecy over Ezekiel 11:4; Ezekiel 13:17 +; with חוּס, חָמַל, רִחַם to shew compassion on (compare 1 Kings 3:26; [Genesis 43:30 אל], Songs 5:4; [Jeremiah 31:20 ל]); with שׁמר, שׁקד, הֵעִיר (Job 8:6) to guard or watch over; with יעץ to counsel upon Isaiah 14:26 +, חשׁב to devise (usually in bad sense, Jeremiah 29:11 in good), דִּבֶּר (רעה Jeremiah 11:17 +, טובה Jeremiah 18:20; Jeremiah 32:42), הֵקִים דָּבָר Jeremiah 29:10. Of more distinctly phys. acts, with בכה to weep on Genesis 45:14, Genesis 45:15 +, שׁרק to hiss, ספק or תקע כף to clap the hand, הִכָּה כף Ezekiel 22:13 (|| אל); Isaiah 5:30 to growl over, Isaiah 31:4; Ezekiel 36:2; Job 30:5; הִתְוַדָּה to confess over (the goat), Leviticus 16:21; Exodus 30:10a (probably); Deuteronomy 21:6; Job 6:27; Job 40:30 [Job 41:6].
b. From a lower place upwards, up upon, up to, as עלה על to go up upon: Exodus 20:26; 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Kings 12:33b 2 Kings 16:12b 2 Chronicles 1:6 (an altar, i.e. to a ledge beside it; compare 2 Kings 23:9, and ירד Leviticus 9:22; 1 Kings 1:53); Judges 9:51; Isaiah 14:14; Isaiah 40:9, etc.; to come up upon (in different connections) Exodus 10:12; Leviticus 16:9 (figurative), Leviticus 19:19; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:17; figurative עלה על לב Isaiah 65:17 + (see לב, לבב, 3d); in Hiph. 1 Kings 20:33 וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ עַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה, Amos 8:10 (compare 1a a), 2 Samuel 1:24; Ezekiel 37:6; Psalm 137:6 (figurative), 2 Chronicles 3:5, 2 Chronicles 3:14 (= ornamented with); Deuteronomy 28:61 (compare Exodus 15:26b); 2 Chronicles 20:34 the history of Jehu which הֹעֲלָח עַל was brought up upon (i.e. inserted in) the book of, etc. (compare 2 Chronicles 32:32; and כתב על above 1); compare נטה יד עלהֿשׁמים up to heaven Exodus 9:22; Exodus 10:21; Exodus 17:16.
c. Expressing direction towards (not common, except in sense against: see below) —
(a) with verbs of motion, properly of a person (or thing) moving to another so as either to stand above, or rest upon, it (compare PuseyMin. Pr. 333), Exodus 34:12 הארץ אשׁר אתה בא עליה (simile, of a land, or place, Exodus 18:23; Numbers 11:12; 1 Kings 2:26 עֲנָתֹת לֵךָ עַלשָֿׂדֶיךָ, Ezekiel 32:9; Jeremiah 3:18b; Jeremiah 16:13; Jeremiah 22:26, and after שׁוּב or הֵשִׁיב Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 22:27; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6 [but אֶל Jeremiah 27:22; Jeremiah 30:3 al.], Ezekiel 29:14; Genesis 40:13 וֶהֱשִׁיבְךָ עלכַּֿנָּ֑ךָ, Genesis 41:13; Genesis 30:33 כִּי תָבאֹ עַל שְׂכָרִי to view my hire; בא על נפשׁ מֵת to enter in upon or beside a corpse; בא על אשׁה Genesis 19:31; Deuteronomy 25:5 (usually אל); Joshua 3:16 מַיִם יֹרְדִים עַל יָם, Ezekiel 47:8; 1 Kings 18:12 יִשָּֽׂאֲךָ עַלאֲֿשֶׁר לֹאאֵֿדָ֑ע, Psalm 19:7 [Psalm 19:6]; 2 Kings 16:12; 2 Chronicles 20:24; Isaiah 53:1 upon whom (coming from above) was י׳'s arm revealed? Isaiah 62:10 העמים הרימו נֵס על over towards (but Isaiah 49:22 אל): but often it is dubious if this force is perceptible; and in general על in such cases seems to be used merely as a synonym — perhaps as a slightly more graphic synonym — of אֶל (compare p. 41); in the later language, also, it may be due partly to the influence of Aramaic, which does not use אֶל; thus
(α) with a personal object, with assemble or be assembled, Exodus 32:1; 2 Samuel 17:11; 1 Kings 8:5; 1 Kings 11:24; 2 Kings 22:20 (2 Chronicles 34:28 and usually אל), 2 Chronicles 13:7, עלה Genesis 38:12; Joshua 2:8; 1 Samuel 14:10 (1 Samuel 14:9; 1 Samuel 14:12 אל), עבר 1 Samuel 14:4 (1 Samuel 14:1 אל), בא 2 Samuel 15:4 (see Dr) 1 Chronicles 12:23f [1 Chronicles 12:22], יצא 2 Kings 24:12, הוליך 2 Kings 25:20, נגע Judges 20:34, Judges 20:41 (compare Isaiah 6:7; Jeremiah 1:9), נס Isaiah 10:3, הלך Isaiah 22:15 (אל ֗֗֗ על), נשׂא Isaiah 30:6, שׁלח 2 Kings 18:27 (על ֗֗֗ אל ֗֗֗ על : || Isaiah 36:12 אל ֗֗֗ אל ֗֗֗ על), Jeremiah 26:15; Jeremiah 29:31; 1 Chronicles 13:2; 2 Chronicles 28:16; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 32:9, 2 Chronicles 32:31; 2 Chronicles 36:15; Nehemiah 6:3, נגשׁ Ezekiel 9:6, שׁב, השׁיב Nehemiah 4:6 [Nehemiah 4:12]; Malachi 3:24 [Malachi 4:6 (see c), followed by על י׳ 2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 30:9, התיצּב 2 Chronicles 11:13; letters going על פ׳ Nehemiah 2:7; Nehemiah 6:17a (Nehemiah 6:17b אל).
(β) of places, Genesis 24:49; 2 Samuel 2:19 + על ימין to the right; with הלך 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Kings 20:43 עלבֿיתו (1 Kings 21:4 אל), 2 Samuel 15:20 ואני הולך על אשׁר אני הולך, Jeremiah 1:7; Ezekiel 1:20 (Ezekiel 1:12 אל), הוליך 1 Kings 1:38 (1 Kings 1:33 אל), נהר Micah 4:1 (|| Isaiah 2:2 אל), Jeremiah 31:12 (אל ֗֗֗ על), נגשׁ Ezekiel 44:13 (|| אל), עלה 1 Samuel 24:23 [1 Samuel 24:22]; 2 Samuel 19:1 [2 Samuel 18:33; 1 Kings 6:8 (|| אל), Ezekiel 41:7, בא Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 51:51, (על הר) הביא Isaiah 66:20 (Isaiah 56:7 אל), ירד Jeremiah 36:12, הִטָּה Proverbs 21:1, הסיר 2 Samuel 6:10 (|| 1 Chronicles 13:13 אל), נתן Isaiah 29:12 (Isaiah 29:11 אל) Micah 1:14; Micah 3:5; Genesis 42:37, השׁיב, שׁב, Numbers 33:7; Jeremiah 11:10 (figurative, עַל עֲוֺנוֺת), Psalm 35:13; Job 34:15 (Genesis 3:19 אל), Proverbs 26:11; Ecclesiastes 1:6; 1 Kings 17:21, 1 Kings 17:22 (compare 1 Samuel 30:12 אל), השׁתחוה Leviticus 26:11 (probably), Isaiah 60:14; pregnantly Isaiah 24:22 אֻסְּפוּ עַל בּוֺר be collected (and delivered) into a dungeon: compare חוּשׁ עַל Job 31:5 (figurative), also to requite עַלחֵֿיק Isaiah 65:6, Isaiah 65:7 Kt. (Jeremiah 32:18; Psalm 79:12 אל). After נראה appear, Psalm 90:16 (אל ֗֗֗ על). And as far as, unto (nearly = יַד) Genesis 49:13 צִידוֺן עַל וְיַרְכָתוֹ , Joshua 2:7; Joshua 18:13; Joshua 19:12; Jeremiah 31:39; Ezekiel 47:18; Ezekiel 48:21, Ezekiel 48:28; Psalm 48:11 [Psalm 48:10]; 1 Chronicles 5:16.
(b) With אמר say to, 2 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 18:11 (אל ֗֗֗ על), Jeremiah 22:6; Jeremiah 23:2, Jeremiah 23:35 (על ֗֗֗ אל), Jeremiah 36:29; Jeremiah 44:20 (אל ֗֗֗ על), דבר 1 Samuel 1:13 (Genesis 24:45 אל), 1 Kings 9:5; Hosea 12:11 [Hosea 12:10; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 11:2 (אל ֗֗֗ על), speak to Jeremiah 25:2 (על ֗֗֗ אל), Jeremiah 26:2, compare Esther 1:17, היה דבר י׳ Jeremiah 25:1; 1 Chronicles 22:8; compare 1 Chronicles 11:10, ענה 2 Samuel 19:43 [2 Samuel 19:42], קרא Isaiah 34:14; 2 Chronicles 32:18, שִׁוַּע Psalm 18:42 [Psalm 18:41, הֵרַע 1 Kings 17:20, שֹׁרֵר, שָׁר sing Proverbs 25:20; Job 33:27, החליק Proverbs 29:5 (Psalm 36:3 [Psalm 36:2] אל), התפלל 1 Samuel 1:10, כתב 2 Chronicles 30:1; Ezra 4:7; Esther 8:8, שׁמע 2 Kings 20:13 (= Isaiah 39:2), Isaiah 22:13; Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 35:18; Haggai 1:12; see also הקשׁיב, האזין, הבין, התבונן, השׂכיל.
(c) Expressing (or implying) the direction of the mind, 2 Samuel 14:1 לב המלך על אבשׁלם; Malachi 3:24 [Malachi 4:6; Ezra 6:22; Songs 7:11 [Songs 7:10] וְעָלַי תְּשׁוּקָתוֺ (Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:7 אל); שָׂם לִבּוֺ על Job 1:8 (Job 2:3 אל), 1 Samuel 25:25 (אל ֗֗֗ על); Jeremiah 22:17 thy eyes and thy heart are only (set) upon (על)..., 1 Chronicles 12:17 [1 Chronicles 12:16; 1 Kings 1:20; 2 Chronicles 20:12 עֵינֵינוּ כִּי עָלֶיךָ (elsewhere אל), 1 Kings 2:15 עָלַי שָׂמוּ פניהם, Psalm 146:5 שִׂבְרוֺ על י׳; Isaiah 10:25 עַ־תַּבְלִיתָם וְאַפִּי be (directed) towards their destruction, Jeremiah 32:31 (Gf Ew: compare RV); compare שׁעה על look to (trustfully) Isaiah 17:7; Isaiah 31:1. (The uses a, b, c are all exceptional: אל would be regularly employed.)
(d) With the force of over and towards (compare 5 and 7a b, end): Psalm 65:5 [Psalm 65:4] נוֺרָא עֲלִילָה עַל; to shine, etc. on, Psalm 31:17 [Psalm 31:16] הָאִירָה פָנֶיךָ עַל (Numbers 6:25; אל); רָאָה עַל Exodus 5:21; הוֺפִיעַ עַל Job 10:3; וְשַׂמְתִּי עֵינִי עַל Amos 9:4 + (compare Job 14:3; Job 24:3; Job 34:21); הִשְׁקִיף עַל look out over Psalm 14:3 +.
d. In a hostile sense, upon, against: so very often, after every kind of verb expressing or implying attack, as בא Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:27, נֶאֱסַף Genesis 34:30, קצף to be angry Genesis 40:2, לון to murmur Exodus 15:24 עמד stand up Leviticus 19:16 +, קָם rise up Deuteronomy 19:11; Amos 7:9, נלחם Deuteronomy 20:10, חנה 1 Samuel 11:1; Psalm 27:3, עלה 2 Kings 17:3, חרה אף Zechariah 10:3 (usually בְּ), שׁפך סללה Isaiah 37:33, צוּר besiege Deuteronomy 20:12, חשׁב to devise Genesis 50:20; Jeremiah 11:19, דִּבֶּר Deuteronomy 13:6 [Deuteronomy 13:5] +, etc.: add Job 16:4 (twice in verse); Job 16:9, Job 16:10, Job 16:13; Job 19:12; Job 21:27; Job 30:12, etc.; היה על 2 Samuel 11:23; Numbers 31:3: עָלַיִךְ הִנְנִי (see אֶל 4); note also Judges 9:31; Judges 20:5: without a verb Isaiah 9:20 [Isaiah 9:21]; Judges 16:12 פלשׁתים עליך the Philistines are upon thee, Judges 20:9 עָלֶיהָ בְּגוֺרָל Against it by lot !
8. By writers of the silver age, על is sometimes used with the force of a dative, 1 Chronicles 13:2 אִם עֲלֵיבֶם טוֺב (in classical Hebrew בְּעֵינֵיכֶם) if it seems good to you, אִם עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֺב †Nehemiah 2:5, Nehemiah 2:7; Esther 1:19; Esther 3:9; Esther 5:4, Esther 5:8; Esther 7:3; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:13 (compare in Aramaic Ezra 5:17; Ezra 7:18); עַל שָׁפַר Psalm 16:6 (compare in Aramaic Daniel 4:24 [Daniel 4:27]); עָרַב עַל Psalm 104:34 (elsewhere לְ); עַל רַע Ecclesiastes 2:17 (see De; compare בְּאֵשׁ עַל Daniel 6:15 [Daniel 6:14]): compare Job 22:2 סָכַן על be profitable to, Job 33:23; also גָּמַל עַל (in both good and bad sense: see גמל), Nehemiah 5:19 עשׂה על, Nehemiah 9:30 משׁך על prolong (mercy) to; הִטָּה חֶסֶד עַל Ezra 7:28; Ezra 9:9 (Genesis 39:21 אל): 1 Samuel 20:8 read probably עם for על. Compare Mishna חביב על, dear to; סני על hateful to; Syriac , , pleasant, acceptable to. — Compare in general the uses of , WAG ii. § 59.
9. With other particles: — אַחֲרֵי עַל Ezekiel 41:15; עַל בֵּין Ezekiel 19:11 (compare אל Ezekiel 31:10, Ezekiel 31:14); עַל לִפְנֵי Ezekiel 40:15; עַל מֵעַל Ezekiel 41:17 (text dubious), Ezekiel 41:20; עַל עֵבֶר Exodus 25:37 (compare אל Ezekiel 1:9, Ezekiel 1:12); עַלבָּֿ֫כָה Esther 9:26. — On עַליַֿד, עַליְֿדֵי, פִּי עַל, עַל־פְּנֵי, see יָד, פֶּה, פָּנִים.
III. As
conjunction:
a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that... (compare above, II 1 f b), H834 Exodus 32:35 and י׳ plagued the people על אשׁר עשׂו because they had made, etc., Numbers 20:24; Deuteronomy 29:24 [Deuteronomy 29:25] (in answer to על מה : so 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 16:11; Jeremiah 22:9), Deuteronomy 32:51 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 24:6 [1 Samuel 24:5; 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 6:8; 2 Samuel 8:10; 2 Samuel 12:6; Psalm 119:49 +.
b. H3588 עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent: † Deuteronomy 31:17; Judges 3:12; Jeremiah 4:28; Malachi 2:14; Psalm 139:14.
c. עַל alone:
(a) because, Genesis 31:20 (E) עַל בְּלִי הִגִּיד, Psalm 119:136 עַל לֹא.
(b) notwithstanding that (above, 1f f), although, † Isaiah 53:9 חָמָס עָשָׂה עַל לֹא although he did no violence, Job 16:7 בְּכַפָּ֑י חָמָם לֹא עַל.
IV. Compounds: —
1. with כְּ (rare and late),
a. as concerning, as upon Psalm 119:14 כְּעַל כָּלהֿוֺן, 2 Chronicles 32:19.
b. (pleon. for כְּ), Isaiah 59:18 כְּעַל גְּמֻלוֺת כְּעַל יְשַׁלֵּם the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay (כְּעַל repeated on the analogue of כְּ Numbers 15:15; Hosea 4:9: see כְּ) = according to their deeds is (that which) he will repay, Isaiah 63:7 according to.
2. מֵעַל 304 from upon, from over, from by — used with much delicacy of application in many different connections, corresponding mostly with the different senses of על. Thus
a. from upon idiomatically, when removal, motion, etc., from a surface is involved, as מעל האדמה, מעל פני האדמה from upon (the face of) the ground, usually with expel, destroy, perish, etc. Genesis 4:14; Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:4; Exodus 32:12; Deuteronomy 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:21, Deuteronomy 28:63 — Jeremiah and compiler of Kings; to be lifted up הארץ מעל Genesis 7:17; Ezekiel 1:19,Ezekiel 1:21 +, to return or be dried (of water) מעל הארץ Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13; to roll a stone הַבְּאֵר פִּימֵעַל Genesis 29:3; of the cloud departing האהל מעל Numbers 9:17; Numbers 12:10, compare Nehemiah 9:19; to rise up הַכִּסֵּא מֵעַל Judges 3:20; 1 Kings 2:4, מֵעַל מִשְׁכָּבוֺ 2 Samuel 11:2; to alight (נָפַל) הַגָּמָל מֵעַל Genesis 24:64 (compare Joshua 15:18 צנח, 1 Samuel 25:23 ירד), ירד מֵעַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה Judges 4:15; 2 Kings 5:21 (נפל); to take רֹאשׁ מֵעַל Genesis 40:19; 2 Samuel 12:30, מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Leviticus 16:12; Numbers 17:11 [Numbers 16:46]; Isaiah 6:6; to see מֵעַל הַגָּנ 2 Samuel 11:2; to shoot מֵעַל הַחוֺמָה 2 Samuel 11:20; 2 Samuel 11:24; to speak הַכַּפֹּרֶת מֵעַל Exodus 25:22; Numbers 7:89; to cast down מֵעַל יָדַיִם Deuteronomy 9:17; Leviticus 8:28 (כַּפַּיִם); to break, remove, etc., a yoke (צוארך) מעל שׁכמך Genesis 27:40; Isaiah 10:27; Jeremiah 28:10, Jeremiah 28:11; to wipe tears כָּל־פָּנִים מֵעַל Isaiah 25:8; to take a bandage מעל עיניו 1 Kings 20:41 (compare על 1 Kings 20:38); often of putting off a garment or ornament., as Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 וַתָּסַר צְעִיפָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ, Exodus 33:5 הוֺרֵד עֶדְיְךָ מֵעָלֶיךָ, a sandal Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15, a ring מֵעַל יָדוֺ Genesis 41:42; to seek (דרשׁ), or hear, words מֵעַל הַסֵּפֶר Isaiah 34:16; Jeremiah 36:11 (compare כתב על ספד above); pregnantly with בָּלָה to wear away (and fall) from off, Deuteronomy 8:4; Deuteronomy 29:4 [Deuteronomy 29:5], compare of the bones or skin in disease Job 30:17 עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָ֑י are pierced (and drop) from off me, Job 30:30 עוֺרִי שָׁחַר מעלי is black (and falls) from off me; figurative 1 Samuel 1:11 הָסִירִי יֵינֵךְ מֵעָלַיִךְ remove thy wine from off thee; Numbers 14:9 סָר צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם; Judges 16:19, Judges 16:20 סר מעליו י׳ (with allusion to the hair, as the seat of Samson's strength), 1 Samuel 16:23 (compare על in 1 Samuel 16:16).
b. Of relief from a burden or trouble: as of a plague, stroke, rod, etc., removed from (resting) on one, Exodus 10:17 וְיָסֵר מֵעָלַי אֶתהַֿמָּוֶת הַזֶּה, Numbers 21:7; Numbers 25:8 וַתֵּעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָה מֵעַל ישׂר׳ 2 Samuel 24:21, 2 Samuel 24:25), Psalm 39:11 [Psalm 39:10] הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶ֑ךָ, Job 9:34; Job 13:21; Joel 2:20; of reproach Joshua 5:9; Isaiah 25:8; Psalm 119:22, iniquity Ezekiel 18:31; Zechariah 3:4, bloodguiltiness, 1 Kings 2:31, wrath Judges 8:3; Numbers 25:11; Proverbs 24:18, murmurings Numbers 17:21 [Numbers 17:6]; Numbers 17:25 [Numbers 17:10]; הֵקֵל מֵעַל to lighten from upon one Exodus 18:22 +; Amos 5:23 שִׁירֶיךָ הֲמוֹן מֵעָלַי הָסֵר; pregnantly Jonah 1:11, Jonah 1:12 that the sea יִשְׁתֹּק מֵעָלֵינוּ may be calm from off us; to remove, etc., פָּנַי מֵעַל (see פָּנִים); 1 Samuel 6:20 to whom shall he go up מֵעָלֵינוּ — not merely 'from us,' but — from upon us (relieving us of his presence), so often of an army retiring from a country or raising a siege, 2 Samuel 10:14 ויָּשָׁב יוֺאָב מֵעַל בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן, 2 Samuel 20:21 הָעִיר מֵעַל וְאֵלְכָה, 2 Samuel 20:22; 2 Kings 3:27; 2 Kings 18:14, especially with עָלָה, נַעֲלָה 1 Kings 15:19; Jeremiah 21:2; Jeremiah 37:5, Jeremiah 37:11 +; 2 Samuel 19:10 [2 Samuel 19:9] David fled מעל אבשׁלום from Absalom (whom his presence had encumbered), Nehemiah 13:28 וָאַבְרִיחֵהוּ מֵעָלַי, compare Genesis 13:11; Genesis 25:6; Numbers 20:21 מֵעָלָיו וַיֵּט ישׂר׳, 2 Chronicles 20:10; Exodus 10:28 לֵךְ מֵעָלַי (contemptuously; be no more obnoxious to me), similarly 2 Samuel 13:17 שׁלחונֿא אתזֿאת מעלי (Amnon of Tamar).
c. From beside (compare על 6c), in different nuances: Genesis 17:22 God went up מעל אברהם from beside A., Genesis 35:13; Genesis 18:3 אל נא תעבר מעל עבדך (compare על Genesis 18:5), Genesis 42:24; Numbers 16:25, Numbers 16:27; 1 Kings 1:53 to come down מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (compare על 1 Kings 13:1; 6c and 7b); from attendance on Genesis 45:1 (compare על ib.), Judges 3:19 וְיֵּצְאוּ מֵעָלָיו כָּלהָֿעֹמְדִים עָלָיו 1 Samuel 17:15 (see Dr), 2 Samuel 13:9, compare 1 Samuel 13:8, 1 Samuel 13:11; 2 Kings 25:5 (Jeremiah 36:21 read עַל, מ being dittograph), compare 2 Chronicles 35:15; from attachment to, רָחַק מֵעַל י׳ Jeremiah 2:5; Ezekiel 11:15; Ezekiel 44:10, compare Ezekiel 8:6, סָר מֵעַל י׳ Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 6:9, תָּעָה מֵעַל י׳ Ezekiel 44:10, Ezekiel 44:15, compare Ezekiel 14:5; Deuteronomy 13:11 [Deuteronomy 13:10]; also סָר מֵעַל חַטּאֹות 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Kings 15:18 (usually מֵחטאות), compare Ezekiel 14:6; Ezekiel 23:18; from companionship with, Job 19:13 אַחַי מֵעַלַי הִרְחִיק; from accompanying protectingly 1 Samuel 28:15 וֵאלֹהִים סָר מֵעַלַי, 1 Samuel 28:16 (compare על Psalm 110:5; and see Dr); from adhesion to 2 Kings 17:21 דָּוִד בֵּית מֵעַל ישׂראל קָרַע, Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 56:3 יַבְדִּילַנִי מֵעַל עַמּוֺ י׳, Hosea 9:1 זָנִיתָ מֵעַל אֱלֹהֶיךָ.
d. In late Hebrew, = עַל above: 2 Kings 25:28 נָתַן כִּסְאוֺ מֵעַל כִּסֵּא וגו׳ (|| Jeremiah 52:32 more class. מִמַּעַל לְ), Esther 3:1; Psalm 108:5 גדול מעל שׁמים (|| Psalm 57:11 [Psalm 57:10] עַד), Psalm 148:4; Ecclesiastes 5:7 [Ecclesiastes 5:8 גָּבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַּ שֹׁמֵר, Nehemiah 3:28; Nehemiah 8:5; 2 Chronicles 34:4 לְמַעְלָה מֵעֲלֵיהֶם on high above them; Ezekiel 41:17, Ezekiel 41:20. — Proverbs 14:14 read with De Now Str וּמִמַּעֲלָלָיו.
e. מֵעַל לְ (chiefly late, and pleonastic for עַל, or else = the more class. synonym מִמַּעַל לְ):
(a) Genesis 1:7 מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ (Ezekiel 1:26 מִמַּעַל לְ׳), Ezekiel 1:25 (text dubious; see Commentaries), 1 Samuel 17:39; Jonah 4:6; Malachi 1:5 upon, over the border (territory) of Israel (so Köhl Ke: but Hi Ew We beyond), 2 Chronicles 13:4 upon, mount Zemaraim, 2 Chronicles 24:20.
(b) beside 2 Chronicles 26:19 מֵעַל לְמִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹרֶת; Nehemiah 12:31 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 12:37, Nehemiah 12:38 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 12:39 dubious: BeRy (in all) off the side of (מִן 6) = at a little distance from; Ke in Nehemiah 12:31; Nehemiah 12:38a upon, in Nehemiah 12:37; Nehemiah 12:38b; Nehemiah 12:39 by the side of (an... vorüber).