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כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as, a peculiar phrase found Gen 18:5; Gen 19:8; Gen 33:10; Gen 38:26; Num 10:31; Num 14:43; Judg 6:22; 2Sam 18:20 Qr (rightly), Jer 29:28; Jer 38:4 — literally for therefore, emphasizing the ground pleonastically (Ew§ 353 a ). The original force of the phrase is traceable in some of the passages in which it occurs, as Gen 18:5 let me fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort your heart; כִּיעַֿלכֵּֿן עֲבַרְתֶּם עַל עַבְדְּכֶם for therefore (that is, to partake of such hospitality) are ye come to your servant, Num 14:43 the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there, and ye will fall by the sword, כִּיעַֿלכֵּֿן שַׁבְתֶּם for therefore (to encounter such a fate) have ye turned back from ׳י etc.: but in process of time the distinct sense of its component parts was no doubt gradually obscured, and it thus came to be used conventionally, as a mere particle of causation, even where there was no preceding statement to which עַל כֵּן therefore could be explicitly referred. אֲשֶׁר עַל כֵּן appears to be used similarly (compare אֲשֶׁר 8 c) Job 34:27.
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עַל, עָ֑ל (compare Köii. 261 f.) I. substantive height (poetry) Hos 7:16 יָשׁוּבוּ לֹא עָֹל they return (but) not upwards (i.e. not God-wards), Hos 11:7 וְאֶלעַֿל יִקְרָאֻהוּ they (the prophets) call it (the people) upwards, (but) none striveth to rise; as adverb accusative, 2Sam 23:1 the man הֻ֣קַּם עָ֔ל (that) is raised up on high. With מִן, מֵעָ֑ל, (ה)שׁמים מֵעָ֑ל (the) heavens above Gen 27:39; Gen 49:25; Ps 50:4 (opposed to מִתַּחַת Exod 20:4. In prose מִמַּעַל).
II. As preposition upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against (SI4.6; Moabite, Aramaic id.; Phoenician על, and עלת; Palmyrene, Nabataean על; Sabean עלי, Arabic ); — abbreviated from עֲלֵי (compare אֱלֵי, עֲדֵי), which is preserved in poetry, Gen 49:17 (twice in verse); Gen 49:22 (twice in verse); Num 24:6 (twice in verse); Deut 32:2 (twice in verse); Isa 18:4; Jer 8:18; Mic 5:6; Lam 4:5; 1Kgs 20:41 Qr, Job 7:1 Qr + 10 t. Psalms, 3 t. Proverbs, 15 t. Job; with suffix עָלַי; עָלֶיךָ, עָלַיִךְ ( Ps 116:7 the Aramaizing form עָלָ֑יְכִי); עָלָיו, Psalm 1Sam 2:10 עָלָו, עָלֶיהָ; 1 plural עָלֵינוּ; 2 masculine plural עֲלֵיכֶם, Exod 12:13 עֲלֵכֶם, 2 feminine plural עֲלֵיכֶן Ezek 23:49 3 masculine plural עֲלֵיהֶם, 13 t. in Pentateuch עֲלֵהֶם Gen 45:15, etc. (Köii. 305), in poetry עָלֵ֫ימוֺ Deut 22:23 + 11 t. Psalms, Job (perhaps sometimes, Ges«GKC:103i»§ 103i, N.); 3 feminine plural עֲלֵיהֶן, Lev 3:4; Lev 3:10; Lev 3:15 עֲלֵהֶן (on the apparently plur. form of עֲלֵי, עָלַי etc., see Köii. 309 ff., and compare below עַד).
1. Upon, of the substratum
upon which an object in any way rests, or
on which an action is performed; as
עלהֿארץ upon the earth
Gen 1:11;
Gen 1:26;
Gen 7:6, etc.,
Ps 110:6 על ארץ רבה over a wide country;
על האדמה upon the ground
Ezek 20:12 + often,
Amos 7:12 עַל אֲדָמָה טְמֵאָה,
Isa 14:2 ׳על אדמת י,
Ps 137:4 עַל אַדְמַת נֵכָר (
אֲרָמָה being properly
ground, soil, is construed regularly with
על,
באדמה being very rare), more definitely
על פני האדמה Gen 6:1;
Num 12:3 + often;
על מקום Lev 14:28;
Jer 45:5 (uncommon: usually
בְּ);
Deut 17:20;
Isa 9:6 על מַמְלַכְתּוֺ upon his realm,
2Chr 1:1 על בָּֽתִּים very strangely
Hos 11:11 (read
וַהֲשִׁבֹתִים with
ᵐ5 : see 7 c
α β); constantly after such verbs as
נוח,
ישׁב,
רכב, etc.,
Gen 8:4;
Exod 11:5 כתב על to write (idiomatic)
on a book or other surface,
Josh 10:13, etc.;
יצא על go forth
over Gen 41:45;
Zech 5:3;
Ps 81:6 with
נִשְׁעַן,
נִסְמַךְ,
בָּטַח (figurative), to lean or trust
upon: Gen 3:14 to go
עַל גְּחֹנְךָ upon thy belly,
Gen 32:32 to limp
עַל יְרֵכוֺ upon his thigh,
1Sam 14:13;
Ezek 37:10;
Judg 15:8 to smite
שׁוֺק עַל יָרֵךְ leg
upon thigh, i.e. so that the scattered limbs fall one upon another,
Amos 3:15. And with reference not a horizontal surface but to a
side,
Lev 1:5 +
זָרַק עַל to pour
against the altar,
1Kgs 6:5;
1Kgs 6:18 to build
against the temple,
Josh 10:27, etc. Figurative
Exod 23:13 let it not be heard
עַל פִּיךָ upon thy mouth (in our idiom,
upon thy lips, as
Prov 22:18),
Ps 15:3 לֹא רָגַל עַל לְשֹׁנוֺ he slandereth not (i.e. prepares not slander)
upon his tongue,
2Sam 23:2 וּמִלָּתוֺ עַל לְשׁוֺנִי,
Prov 16:23;
Prov 16:27;
Prov 31:26;
Eccl 5:1 compare
עַל שְׂפָתַיִם נָשָׂא or
עַל פֶּה Ps 16:4;
Ps 50:16;
Ezek 36:3b.
b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him, Isa 1:14 הָיוּ עָלַי לָטֹרַח they are a cumbrance upon me, Job 7:20 I am a burden עָלַי upon myself, 2Sam 15:33 (compare with אֶל 2Sam 19:36); כָּבַד עֶל to be heavy upon Exod 5:9 and elsewhere (see כָּבַד); of sin, calamity, etc. Isa 53:5; Ezek 33:10; Ps 88:8; Job 21:9; 2Chr 15:5; 2Chr 28:13; Eccl 6:1; Eccl 8:6 (compare 5 a β); Lev 7:20 וְטֻמְאָתוֺ עָלָיו Lev 22:3: idiomatically, Gen 48:7 מֵתָה עָלַי רָחֵל Rachel died upon me (i.e. to my sorrow), Gen 33:13 וְהַבָּקָר עָלוֺת עָלַי are giving suck upon me (i.e. as a. care to me), Num 11:13 יִבְכּוּ עָלַי they weep upon me (vexing me), Judg 14:16; Judg 14:17; Judg 19:2 (see Be), 1Sam 21:6 to play the mad man upon me, Jer 12:11.
c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him, as שָׂם עַל to lay upon, Exod 5:8; Exod 21:22; Exod 21:30 (שָׁת), Exod 22:4, compare Gen 47:26; 2Chr 35:25 with other verbs, Job 38:10; Deut 24:5; Deut 26:6; 2Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 18:14; 2Kgs 23:33; Neh 10:33 (twice in verse); Esth 1:8; Esth 9:21; Esth 9:27; Esth 9:31 with צִוָּה enjoin upon Gen 2:16 + often, כתב prescribe to 2Kgs 22:13; Ps 40:8, נטשׁ cast upon 1Sam 17:20 (1Sam 17:22 על יד), נתן על יד (figurative) Gen 42:37; 2Kgs 12:12; 2Kgs 22:5, compare 1Kgs 14:27, עזב Ps 10:14, גלל Ps 37:5, השׁליך Ps 55:23, פקד Job 34:13 and elsewhere; Gen 30:28 נָקְבָה שְׂכָֽרְךָ עָלַי fix thy wages upon me (name thy wages to me), Gen 34:12 הַרְבּוּ עָלַי מְאֹד מֹהַר וּמַתָּן multiply upon me, etc., 2Sam 19:39 (pregnantly) whatsoever thou choosest (and layest) upon me; without a verb, Judg 19:20 רַק כָּלמַֿחְסֹערךָ עָלָ֑י only let all thy wants be upon me, Ezra 10:4; Ps 56:13 עָלַי נְדָרֶיךָ thy vows are upon me (i.e. I owe them: compare Num 30:7; Num 30:9; Num 30:15), Prov 7:14 זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָ֑י peace-offerings were upon me (= were due from me); perhaps Ps 62:1; Ps 77:1 (to the charge of); with an infinitive 2Sam 18:11 וְעָלַי לָתֵת and it would have been incumbent on me to give, etc., 1Kgs 4:7; Ezra 10:12 (accents [Baer], RVm), Neh 13:3, compare Zech 12:2 (Ew RVm); Num 7:9 (P) the service of ... was upon them, Ezek 45:17, so especially late 1Chr 9:27; 1Chr 9:33; 1Chr 23:31; 2Chr 2:3 לעולם זאת על ישׂראל 2Chr 8:15; 2Chr 24:9; Ezra 7:11; Neh 11:23; Isa 9:5 and the government is upon, his shoulder (compare Isa 22:22), 2Chr 25:3; Ps 7:11 ׳מָֽגִנִּי עַלאֿ my shield rests upon God (he has undertaken my defence), Ps 62:8 עלאֿלהים יִשְׁעִי וּכְבֹדִי.
d. על is used idiomatically to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him: Ps 42:6 why art thou cast down, O my soul, וַתֶּהֱמִי עָלַי and disquieted upon me? vPs 42:7 my soul upon me is cast down, vPs 42:12; Ps 43:5; Lam 3:20; Ps 131:2 כְּגָמֻל עֲלֵי אִמּוֺ כַּגָּמוּל עָלַי נַפְשִׁי is my soul upon me; Ps 142:4 בְּהִתְעַטֵף עָלַי רוּחִי when my spirit faints upon me, Ps 143:4; Jonah 2:8; Jer 8:18 עָלַי לִבִּי דַרוָָּֽי ׃ my heart upon me is sick, Job 14:22 (twice in verse) (compare Di), Hos 11:8 נהפך עלי לבי my heart is turned (altered) upon me, 1Sam 17:32; 1Sam 25:36; Neh 5:7 וַיִמָּלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי and my heart took counsel upon me: compare Ps 42:5 I will pour out my soul upon me, Job 30:16; Job 10:1 אעזבה עלי שׂיחי I will let loose my complaint upon me. (Thes apud me, mecum. The rend. 'within me' alters entirely the point of view of the Hebrew expression, and is incorrect.) Denoting with some emphasis the subject of an experience, Job 30:2 עלימו אבד כָּ֑לַךְ, Dan 2:1 his sleep נִהְיְתָה עָלָיו was done with upon him (compare Aramaic Dan 6:19 נַדַּת עֲלוֺהִי), Dan 10:8 וְהוֺדִי נֶהְפַּךְ עָלַי (compare Dan 5:9; Dan 7:28): also, rather differently, Lev 18:18b Jer 49:20 אִם לֹא יַשִׁים עֲלֵיהֶם נְוֵהֶם, Mic 7:13; Ps 90:17b; Ps 7:9 according to my perfectness upon me, Ezek 18:20; Ezek 22:3; 2Chr 36:8.
e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support; compare Isa 3:1, and Ζῆν ἐπί τινος), Deut 8:3 עַלהַֿלֶּחֶם, Isa 38:16 (compare Hi), Gen 27:40 על חרבך תחיה upon ( = by) thy sword thou shalt live (compare Kazwiniii. 17 ap. Tu), Ezek 33:19, compare vEzek 33:26. feminine Of the ground, or basis, on which a thing is done, as Gen 24:9 על הדבר הזה, Lev 17:12 if he offers it עַל תּוֺדָה on the ground of a thanks-giving, Num 6:21 עַל נִזְרוֺ, vb Ezek 16:15; Ezek 28:17; Dan 8:25 עַל שִׂכְלוֺ, Dan 9:18 עַל צדקותינו, (with this use is extended so as to denote explicitly on condition of). Hence
(a) the basis being conceived as regulative, על comes to denote the norm or standard (compare German 'auf die Art' WAG ii. § 59 i): the transition may be seen in a passage like Exod 24:8 the covenant which ׳י made with you on the basis of (על), or in agreement with, all these words (compare על פי Exod 34:27), Num 35:24 האלה על המשׁפטים, Deut 17:11; Jer 30:18 the palace shall sit (i.e. be inhabited: see ישׁב) עַל מִשְׁפָּטוֺ in accordance with its manner, Ps 94:20 who frames mischief עֲלֵיחֹֿק in accordance with a law, ... על פי according to the mouth (i.e. command, Gen 45:21 + oft, evidence Deut 17:6; Deut 19:15, sentence Deut 21:5) of . . .; עַל שֵׁם ֗֗֗֗ according to the name of . . . (mostly with call, be called) Gen 48:6; Exod 28:21; 2Sam 18:18 +, compare 1Chr 23:14; Exod 6:26; Exod 12:51 על צִבְאֹתָם according to their hosts (usually לְ), Num 1:18 על משׁפחתם (usually לְ) vNum 1:52; Num 2:2; Num 2:34; Num 7:3 (|| ל), Deut 18:8 (probably); עַל יְדֵי according to the hands (direction) of Jer 5:31; Jer 33:13 al.; Ps 110:4 ׳עַל דִּבְרָתִי מ after the manner of M.; Prov 25:11 (probably) a word spoken עַל אָעפנָיו in accordance with its circumstances = appositely; of the tune according to which a song is to be sung (RV. set to) Ps 6:1 (1Chr 15:21), Ps 8:1; Ps 9:1; Ps 12:1; Ps 45:1; Ps 46:1 (1Chr 15:20) עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת (perhaps, however, in the manner of maidens = for 'sopranos'), Ps 53:1; Ps 56:1; Ps 60:1; Ps 69:1; Ps 81:1; Ps 84:1; Ps 88:1 (compare in Syriac ).
(b) The basis being conceived as involving the ground, על denotes the cause or reason, on account of, because of, Gen 20:3 lo thou shalt die עַל הָאִשָּׁה on account of the woman, Gen 21:12; Gen 26:7; Gen 26:9; Gen 27:41; Gen 42:21; Lev 4:3; Lev 4:28; Lev 5:18; Lev 19:17; Lev 26:18; Lev 26:24; Lev 26:28; Deut 9:18; Deut 24:16 fathers shall not be put to death עלבֿנים on account of children, Deut 31:18; Josh 9:20; Jer 1:16; Jer 5:9; Ezek 18:26 עליהם (|| Ezek 33:18 בָּהֶם), Prov 28:21; Ps 39:12; Ps 50:8 + often; Ps 44:23 עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ on thy account are we slain all the day, Ps 69:8; Jer 15:15 in the phrases דְּבַר עַ֗֗֗ל, 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 Exod 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, vAmos 1:6 vAmos 1:9 vAmos 1:11 vAmos 1:13, etc., Jer 2:35 עַל אָמְרֵךְ because of thy saying, Jer 9:12; Jer 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. Exod 18:9; Exod 32:14 (נִחַם repent: so often), 1Sam 4:13; 1Sam 30:6; 2Sam 1:26; 2Sam 3:8; 1Kgs 21:4; 2Kgs 6:11; Jer 10:19; Amos 6:6.
(e) Of a condition, or attendant circumstances (rare; so , WAG ii § 59 e): Ps 50:5 זָ֑בַח׃ עֲלֵי upon, with sacrifice, Ps 92:4 ׳עֲלי עָשׂוֺר וגו with a ten-stringed instrument, with a harp, with sounding music on a lyre; עַל רִיב upon occasion of a law-suit Exod 23:2; Ezek 44:24, עַל יוֺם טוֺב 1Sam 25:8 (compare at a time of. . . Qor 28:14), Neh 12:22 (? read עַד BeRy), Isa 18:4 כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי אוֺר at time of sunshine, Isa 64:11 עַל אֵלֶּה, Jer 8:18 עֲלֵי יָגוֺן at time of sorrow, Jer 16:7 (but Gie עַל אָבֵל to): with abstract substantives to form a periphrase for adverbs, Lev 5:22 and swear עַל שֶׁקֶר upon falseness = falsely, Jer 6:14 = Jer 8:11 to heal a wound עַל נְקַלָּה lightly, easily, Ps 31:24 עַל יֶתֶר = abundantly, Isa 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 Judg 9:3; 1Kgs 5:13, אָמַר, Jer 16:3; Jer 27:19 (|| אל) Jer 33:4, hearing Gen 41:15 שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ I have heard concerning thee, saying, etc., 1Kgs 10:6; Isa 37:9 (|| 2Kgs 19:9 אל), disputing Gen 26:11, telling 1Sam 27:11; Joel 1:3, commanding 2Sam 14:8; 1Kgs 11:10, being vexed 1Kgs 21:4; 2Kgs 6:11, crying 2Kgs 8:5, confessing Ps 32:5; Neh 1:6 of the object of a prophecy or vision 1Kgs 22:8; Isa 1:1; Isa 2:1 and often with similar verbs.
2. It expresses
excess (synonym
מִן q. v.);
Gen 48:22 I give thee
שְׁכֶם אַחַר עַל אַחֶיךָ one shoulder (ridge)
above thy brethren,
Exod 16:5 מִשְׁנֶה על double
above or
beyond,
Num 3:46;
Deut 25:3 stripes
עַלאֵֿלֶּה beyond these,
Josh 3:15 Jordan
מָלֵא עַל was full
over all its banks (compare
Josh 4:18;
Isa 8:7b
הלך על,
עלה)
Ps 138:2;
Eccl 1:16;
Dan 1:20 עֶשֶׂר יָדוֺת עַל ten times
above (compare in Aramaic
Dan 3:19, and
Qor 37:153),
Ezra 1:6 לְבַר עַל =
beside (see
בַּד);
Ps 16:2 (si vera lectio)
טוֺבָתִי בַל עָלֶיךָ my welfare is not
beyond thee, i.e. does not lie outside thee. — Of time,
Lev 15:25 if she has an issue
עַל נִדָּתָהּ beyond her time of impurity (compare
Isa 32:10,
4 b).
3. It denotes
elevation or
pre-eminence, as
עליון על high (figurative)
above,
Deut 26:19 al.,
Deut 28:43 יעלה עליך will go up
above thee, compare
Prov 31:29;
Ps 57:6;
Ps 57:12 be thou exalted
above the heavens,
Ps 89:8;
Ps 95:3;
Ps 96:4, etc.,
Neh 9:5 with words (q. v.) such as
גכר,
גדל,
חזק,
נשׂא (Ni. Pi`el Hithpa`el),
עזז, and especially those denoting rule or superintendence, as
מלך,
הפקיד; so with
שָׁת,
היה,
נתן,
Gen 41:33;
Gen 41:40;
Gen 41:43 שׂם;
1Sam 18:5 with
פָּקִיד,
שַׂר,
מֶלֶךְ, etc.,
Gen 41:34;
Exod 1:11;
Exod 18:21, etc.; absolute
2Sam 8:16 Joab was
עלהֿצבא over the host,
2Sam 20:23 b. v
2Sam 20:24;
1Kgs 4:4-6;
1Kgs 5:30;
Num 10:14ff.;
1Chr 9:23;
1Chr 9:26ff.
1Chr 27:25ff.;
2Chr 30:17;
2Chr 31:12 אֲשֶׁר עַל בֵּיתוֺ of Joseph's steward
Gen 43:16;
Gen 43:19;
Gen 44:1;
Gen 44:4 and in the official titles
אֲשֶׁר עַלהַֿבַּיִת = the Governor of the Palace
Isa 22:15 and elsewhere (see
כַּיִת 6);
אֲשֶׁר עַלהַֿמַּם the overseer of the forced labour
1Kgs 12:18 אשׁר עלהֿעיר the governor of the city
2Kgs 10:5,
אשׁר על המלתחה v
2Kgs 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,
Ps 61:7 + often (see
יָסַף),
שָׁת to put
to Gen 30:40,
נִלְוָה to be joined
to Num 18:24;
Isa 14:1 (also with
אֶל),
נָפַל: to fall
to, i.e. desert to,
Jer 21:9 +,
עכר to pass
over to Exod 30:13;
Exod 30:14;
Isa 45:14 (compare
Isa 60:5); also
Hab 2:16 תִּסֹּב כּוֺם עַל Lam 4:21;
Esth 4:7 נֶחְשַׁב to be reckoned
to Lev 25:31;
2Sam 4:2,
היה על Num 36:12;
Ps 69:28 תְּנָה עָוֺן עַל עֲוֺנָם,
Isa 56:8 עוֺר אֲקַבֵּץ עָלָיו I will yet gather (others)
unto him.
b. Used absolutely, as Gen 28:9 he took Mahalath עַל נָשָׁיו in addition to his (other) wives, Gen 31:50 (compare אל Lev 18:18), Num 31:8 עַל חַלְלֵיהֶם in addition to their slain (|| Josh 13:22 אֶל), Deut 23:14; Ezek 16:37; Ezek 16:43; Ezek 25:10; Isa 32:10 יָמִים עַל שָׁנָה days upon, in addition to, a year, 2Chr 31:15 יָמִים עַל יָמִים, Ezek 7:26 הֹוָה עַל הֹוָה תָבוֺא (|| אל), Jer 4:20 (if נִקְרָא = be proclaimed), Job 16:14 יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ עַלפְּֿנֵיפָֿ֑רֶץ (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), Lev 7:12 he shall offer עַלזֶֿבַת הַתּוֺרָה in addition to the sacrifice of thanksgiving, etc., vLev 7:13 b Num 6:20; Num 15:9; Num 28:10; Num 28:15; Num 28:24 (compare מִלְּבַר vNum 28:31; Num 29:6), Num 35:6; Ezek 16:43 (Hi Sm RV: compare Ezek 44:7 אל).
c. Hence by an easy transition it denotes together with, with, Exod 35:22 men together with (עַל) women, Job 38:32 וְעַיִשׁ עַלבָּֿנֶיהָ תַנְחֵם and the Bear with her children, wilt thou lead them? 1Kgs 15:20; Jer 3:18 the house of Israel with the house of Judah, Mic 5:2 (Ca Ke Kue; but al. as 7 c a), Gen 32:12 lest he come and smite me, אֵם עַל בָּנִים the mother with the children (compare Hos 10:14; Deut 22:6); and as a techn. term in the regulations for sacrifice, especially with אכל, Exod 12:8, יאֹכְלֻהוּ עַלמְֿדֹרִים together with bitter herbs they shall eat it, vExod 12:9 his head with (על) his legs, etc., Num 9:11; Deut 16:3 לֹאתֿאֹכַל עָלָיו חָמֵץ (compare Exod 23:18; Exod 34:25), vExod 34:3 in the phrase אכל על הדם to eat with the blood 1Sam 14:32; 1Sam 14:33 (1Sam 14:34 אל), Lev 19:26; Ezek 33:25 (compare in Greek e.g. ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ πίνειν ὕδωρ); see also Lev 2:2; Lev 2:16; Lev 3:4 (so vLev 3:10 vLev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4), Lev 4:11; Lev 7:13a, Lev 7:30; Lev 10:15; Lev 14:31; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:20; Num 6:17; Num 19:5; 1Chr 7:4.
5. It expresses the idea of being suspended, or extended,
over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over:
Gen 1:20 let fowl fly
over the earth,
Gen 19:23 השׁמשׁ יצא על had come forth
upon the earth (compare
זרח על Exod 22:2 +;
בא על go down [set]
upon Deut 24:15;
Mic 3:6;
Job 25:3),
Num 10:34;
Num 14:14 and thy cloud stood
עליהם over them,
Deut 28:23 the heavens
עלרֿאשׁך above overthy head,
Isa 4:5;
Isa 60:1;
Isa 60:2;
Zeph 2:11;
Zech 9:14;
Ps 7:8 over it return thou on high,
Job 29:3 בְּהִלּוֺ נֵרוֺ עֲלֵי ראֹשִׁי (compare
דעך לְ be extinguished
over,
Job 18:6),
Song 2:4 his banner
over me: figurative of protection
Deut 32:38;
Ps 68:35: with verbs of motion (expressed or implied),
נשׁקף על to incline
over 1Sam 13:18 +,
ידו על נטה)
Exod 14:16;
Isa 23:11 + (compare
Ps 21:12),
הניף על to swing
over Isa 11:15;
Isa 19:16 השׁמיע על to proclaim
over Jer 4:16;
Amos 3:9, compare
Num 10:10;
2Chr 13:12,
שׁם על נקרא a name to be called
over 2Sam 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,
Gen 14:16 עַלהַֿמִּדְבָּר by the wilderness,
Gen 16:17 עַל עֵין הַמַּיִם by the spring of water,
Gen 24:13;
Gen 24:30;
Gen 29:2 three flocks lying
עָלֶיהָ by it (the well),
Gen 41:1;
Num 3:26;
Num 13:29 עלהֿים by the sea,
Num 22:5;
Num 24:6 gardens
עֲלֵי נָהָר.
Deut 3:12;
Deut 33:8;
Judg 5:19;
1Sam 1:9 ׳על מזוזת היכל י (
Ezek 46:2),
1Sam 4:1;
2Kgs 2:7 and they stood
עלהֿירדן by the Jordan,
2Kgs 25:4;
Isa 19:7;
Isa 38:20;
Ps 1:3 planted
by water-courses,
Jer 17:2;
Jer 17:8;
Job 30:4;
Job 31:9 על פתח by the entrance,
Prov 14:19, + often;
על הדרך by the way
Gen 38:21;
1Sam 24:4;
Ezek 48:24ff.
על גבולו adjoining his border;
עבר על to pass
by a place
1Kgs 9:18;
Jer 18:16 +, figurative
עבר על פשׁע to pass
by transgression, i.e. to overlook it,
Mic 7:18 and elsewhere:
על יְמִין ֗֗֗ on the right of ...
Ps 110:5 +,
עַליַד ֗֗֗ ,
עַל יֶרֶךְ ֗֗֗ ,
עַל כֶּתֶף ֗֗֗ on the side of ... (see these words): less frequently (except as
c)
with reference to persons, Num 2:5 וְהַחֹנִים עָלָיו and those encamping next him, vNum 2:12 vNum 2:20 vNum 2:27; Num 6:9 וכי ימות מת עליו, 2Kgs 11:11 by the king round about (compare Num 3:26 above), ׳עבר על פ Gen 18:5; 2Kgs 4:9 +.
c. Idiomatically, with עָמַד and נִצַּב to stand by (literally over, — originally no doubt with reference to one supposed to be seated), Gen 18:2 three men נִצָּבִים עָלָיו standing by him, vGen 18:8 and he עֹמֵד עליו standing by him under the tree, Gen 24:30 by the camels, Gen 28:13; 1Sam 4:20; 2Sam 1:9; 2Sam 12:17; 2Sam 20:11; 2Sam 20:12; Amos 7:7 especially of persons standing about a superior, as servants or courtiers, Gen 45:1; Judg 3:19; 1Sam 22:6; 1Sam 22:7; 1Sam 22:17, of persons surrounding a judge Exod 18:13; Exod 18:14, of ׳י's heavenly ministers, 1Kgs 22:19 (compare Isa 6:2 ממעל לו), Zech 4:16, and with התיצב Zech 6:5; Job 1:6; Job 2:1 also of one standing by (properly leaning over) an altar or sacrifice Num 23:3; Num 23:6; 1Kgs 13:1 (compare 7 b) Amos 9:1 of an Ashérah by an altar Judg 6:25; Judg 6:28 (compare אֵצֶל Deut 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 Gen 2:5;
Gen 19:24,
ירד על Gen 15:11,
יצק על to pour
upon Gen 28:18,
׳נפל על צוארי פ Gen 33:4,
נפל על פניו to fall
on his (own) face
Gen 17:3;
Gen 17:17,
שׂם על to put
upon,
Gen 21:14;
Gen 22:6;
Gen 22:9;
Gen 24:47 (
Gen 24:22 Sam
Di),
נתן על כף to place
on the hand of ...
Gen 40:11;
Gen 40:21,
השׁליך על 2Sam 20:12, etc.; compare
Job 29:22 וְעָלֵימוֺ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִי,
Mic 3:5;
Nah 3:12.
(b) In different figurative connections, as of sleep falling upon one, Gen 2:21; Gen 15:12 of fear Gen 9:2; 1Sam 11:7 (see פַּחַד, חֲרָרָה, אֵימָה); of good or bad fortune, especially the latter, coming upon one, as with בוא and הביא, Gen 27:12; Deut 28:2 (in good sense), vDeut 28:15, Jer 5:12; Jer 19:3 (רעה, as often); of retribution, reproach, the Divine wrath, etc., with different verbs (הביא, נתן, ירד, חול, היה, etc.), as Gen 20:9; Num 12:11 חטאה; Gen 42:36 עַלַי הָיוּ כֻלָּנָה upon me are they all; Num 18:5 + (היה קֶצֶף על); Deut 19:10 דם (compare אל 2Sam 21:2 ᵐ5 We Dr), Judg 9:24; 1Kgs 2:32; 2Sam 16:8; Hos 12:15; 2Sam 3:29; 2Sam 15:14; 1Sam 11:2 חרפה; Jer 14:16; Jer 26:15 דם נקי (|| אל), Jonah 1:14; Ezek 7:3; Ezek 7:4; Ezek 7:8; Ezek 23:40; Ezek 36:29; Ps 7:17; Ps 94:2; Ps 94:23; Ps 109:5 וישׂימו עלי רעה תחת טובה (lay upon me: but Hu וישיבו, Prov 17:13), Prov 140:11 שָׁפַךְ חֵמָה על Ezek 7:8 + often; without a verb, Gen 16:5 חֲמָסִי עָלֶיךָ my wrong be upon thee, Jer 51:35 (|| אל); Gen 27:13 עלי קללתך; Gen 38:29 (accents, RVm); 2Sam 1:16 דמיך על ראשׁך; 2Sam 14:9 עָלַי הֶעָוֺן; Isa 24:17; Jer 48:43; Jer 50:27; Ezek 13:3 הוֺי על ֗֗֗ ; Ps 55:16 Kt.; of a blessing, Exod 32:29; Ps 3:9, a curse Deut 30:7, mercies (probably conceived specifically as descending from heaven) Ps 33:22; Ps 86:13; Ps 90:17; Ps 103:17 (with גבר be mighty over or upon, vPs 33:11; Ps 117:2), Ps 116:12; Ps 145:9; Ezra 3:11, שׁלום Ps 125:6; Ps 128:6; 1Chr 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 Exod 18:9, על is to be explained from 1 f 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 Judg 11:37 +, נשׂא (משׁל) קינה to take up a lament, or proverb, over (see these words); probably also in הִנָּבֵא על prophecy over Ezek 11:4; Ezek 13:17 +; with חוּס, חָמַל, רִחַם to shew compassion on (compare 1Kgs 3:26 [Gen 43:30 אל], Song 5:4 [Jer 31:20 ל]); with שׁמר, שׁקד, הֵעִיר (Job 8:6) to guard or watch over; with יעץ to counsel upon Isa 14:26 +, חשׁב to devise (usually in bad sense, Jer 29:11 in good), דִּבֶּר (רעה Jer 11:17 +, טובה Jer 18:20; Jer 32:42), הֵקִים דָּבָר Jer 29:10. Of more distinctly phys. acts, with בכה to weep on Gen 45:14; Gen 45:15 +, שׁרק to hiss, ספק or תקע כף to clap the hand, הִכָּה כף Ezek 22:13 (|| אל); Isa 5:30 to growl over, Isa 31:4; Ezek 36:2; Job 30:5 הִתְוַדָּה to confess over (the goat), Lev 16:21; Exod 30:10a (probably); Deut 21:6; Job 6:27; Job 40:30.
b. From a lower place upwards, up upon, up to, as עלה על to go up upon: Exod 20:26; 1Sam 2:28; 1Kgs 12:33b 2Kgs 16:12b 2Chr 1:6 (an altar, i.e. to a ledge beside it; compare 2Kgs 23:9, and ירד Lev 9:22; 1Kgs 1:53); Judg 9:51; Isa 14:14; Isa 40:9, etc.; to come up upon (in different connections) Exod 10:12; Lev 16:9 (figurative), Lev 19:19; 1Sam 1:11; 1Sam 6:7; 1Kgs 10:16; 1Kgs 10:17 figurative עלה על לב Isa 65:17 + (see לב, לבב, 3 d); in Hiph`il 1Kgs 20:33 וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ עַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה, Amos 8:10 (compare 1 a a), 2Sam 1:24; Ezek 37:6; Ps 137:6 (figurative), 2Chr 3:5; 2Chr 3:14 (= ornamented with); Deut 28:61 (compare Exod 15:26 b); 2Chr 20:34 the history of Jehu which הֹעֲלָח עַל was brought up upon (i.e. inserted in) the book of, etc. (compare 2Chr 32:32 and כתב על above 1); compare נטה יד עלהֿשׁמים up to heaven Exod 9:22; Exod 10:21; Exod 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), Exod 34:12 הארץ אשׁר אתה בא עליה (simile, of a land, or place, Exod 18:23; Num 11:12; 1Kgs 2:26 עֲנָתֹת לֵךָ עַלשָֿׂדֶיךָ, Ezek 32:9; Jer 3:18 b Jer 16:13; Jer 22:26, and after שׁוּב or הֵשִׁיב Jer 16:15; Jer 22:27; Jer 23:3; Jer 24:6 [but אֶל Jer 27:22; Jer 30:3 al.], Ezek 29:14; Gen 40:13 וֶהֱשִׁיבְךָ עלכַּֿנָּ֑ךָ, Gen 41:13; Gen 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 Gen 19:31; Deut 25:5 (usually אל); Josh 3:16 מַיִם יֹרְדִים עַל יָם, Ezek 47:8; 1Kgs 18:12 יִשָּֽׂאֲךָ עַלאֲֿשֶׁר לֹאאֵֿדָ֑ע, Ps 19:7; 2Kgs 16:12; 2Chr 20:24; Isa 53:1 upon whom (coming from above) was ׳י's arm revealed? Isa 62:10 העמים הרימו נֵס על over towards (but Isa 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
(a) with a personal object, with assemble or be assembled, Exod 32:1; 2Sam 17:11; 1Kgs 8:5; 1Kgs 11:24; 2Kgs 22:20 (2Chr 34:28 and usually אל), 2Chr 13:7, עלה Gen 38:12; Josh 2:8; 1Sam 14:10 (1Sam 14:9 v1Sam 14:12 אל), עבר 1Sam 14:4 (1Sam 14:1 אל), בא 2Sam 15:4 (see Dr) 1Chr 12:23f., יצא 2Kgs 24:12, הוליך 2Kgs 25:20, נגע Judg 20:34; Judg 20:41 (compare Isa 6:7; Jer 1:9), נס Isa 10:3, הלך Isa 22:15 (אל ֗֗֗ על), נשׂא Isa 30:6, שׁלח 2Kgs 18:27 (על ֗֗֗ אל ֗֗֗ על: || Isa 36:12 אל ֗֗֗ אל ֗֗֗ על), Jer 26:15; Jer 29:31; 1Chr 13:2; 2Chr 28:16; 2Chr 30:1; 2Chr 32:9; 2Chr 32:31; 2Chr 36:15; Neh 6:3, נגשׁ Ezek 9:6, שׁב, השׁיב Neh 4:6; Mal 3:24 (see c), followed by ׳על י 2Chr 15:4; 2Chr 30:9, התיצּב 2Chr 11:13 letters going ׳על פ Neh 2:7; Neh 6:17 a (v:b אל). (β) of places, Gen 24:49; 2Sam 2:19 + על ימין to the right; with הלך 1Sam 2:11; 1Kgs 20:43 עלבֿיתו (1Kgs 21:4 אל), 2Sam 15:20 ואני הולך על אשׁר אני הולך, Jer 1:7; Ezek 1:20 (Ezek 1:12 אל), הוליך 1Kgs 1:38 (1Kgs 1:33 אל), נהר Mic 4:1 (|| Isa 2:2 אל), Jer 31:12 (אל ֗֗֗ על), נגשׁ Ezek 44:13 (|| אל), עלה 1Sam 24:23; 2Sam 19:1; 1Kgs 6:8 (|| אל), Ezek 41:7, בא Jer 14:3; Jer 51:51, (על הר) הביא Isa 66:20 (Isa 56:7 אל), ירד Jer 36:12, הִטָּה Prov 21:1, הסיר 2Sam 6:10 (|| 1Chr 13:13 אל), נתן Isa 29:12 (Isa 29:11 אל) Mic 1:14; Mic 3:5; Gen 42:37, השׁיב, שׁב, Num 33:7; Jer 11:10 (figurative, עַל עֲוֺנוֺת), Ps 35:13; Job 34:15 (Gen 3:19 אל), Prov 26:11; Eccl 1:6; 1Kgs 17:21; 1Kgs 17:22 (compare 1Sam 30:12 אל), השׁתחוה Lev 26:11 (probably), Isa 60:14 pregnantly Isa 24:22 אֻסְּפוּ עַל בּוֺר be collected (and delivered) into a dungeon: compare חוּשׁ עַל Job 31:5 (figurative), also to requite עַלחֵֿיק Isa 65:6; Isa 65:7 Kt. (Jer 32:18; Ps 79:12 אל). After נראה appear, Ps 90:16 (אל ֗֗֗ על). And as far as, unto (nearly = יַד) Gen 49:13 וְיַרְכָתוֺעַל צִידוֺן, Josh 2:7; Josh 18:13; Josh 19:12; Jer 31:39; Ezek 47:18; Ezek 48:21; Ezek 48:28; Ps 48:11; 1Chr 5:16.
(b) With אמר say to, 2Kgs 22:8; Jer 18:11 (אל ֗֗֗ על), Jer 22:6; Jer 23:2; Jer 23:35 (על ֗֗֗ אל), Jer 36:29; Jer 44:20 (אל ֗֗֗ על), דבר 1Sam 1:13 (Gen 24:45 אל), 1Kgs 9:5; Hos 12:11; Jer 6:10; Jer 10:1; Jer 11:2 (אל ֗֗֗ על), speak to Jer 25:2 (על ֗֗֗ אל), Jer 26:2, compare Esth 1:17, ׳היה דבר י Jer 25:1; 1Chr 22:8 compare 1Chr 11:10, ענה 2Sam 19:43, קרא Isa 34:14; 2Chr 32:18, שִׁוַּע Ps 18:42, הֵרַע 1Kgs 17:20, שֹׁרֵר, שָׁר sing Prov 25:20; Job 33:27, החליק Prov 29:5 ( Ps 36:3 אל), התפלל 1Sam 1:10, כתב 2Chr 30:1; Ezra 4:7; Esth 8:8, שׁמע 2Kgs 20:13 ( = Isa 39:2), Isa 22:13; Jer 23:16; Jer 26:5; Jer 35:18; Hag 1:12 see also הקשׁיב, האזין, הבין, התבונן, השׂכיל.
d. In a hostile sense, upon, against: so very often, after every kind of verb expressing or implying attack, as בא Gen 34:25; Gen 34:27, נֶאֱסַף vGen 34:30, קצף to be angry Gen 40:2, לון to murmur Exod 15:24 עמד stand up Lev 19:16 +, קָם rise up Deut 19:11; Amos 7:9, נלחם Deut 20:10, חנה 1Sam 11:1; Ps 27:3, עלה 2Kgs 17:3, חרה אף Zech 10:3 (usually בְּ), שׁפך סללה Isa 37:33, צוּר besiege Deut 20:12, חשׁב to devise Gen 50:20; Jer 11:19, דִּבֶּר Deut 13:6 +, 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 2Sam 11:23; Num 31:3: הִנְנִי לַיִךְ (see אֶל 4); note also Judg 9:31; Judg 20:5: without a verb Isa 9:20; Judg 16:12 פלשׁתים עליך the Philistines are upon thee, Judg 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,
1Chr 13:2 אִם עֲלֵיבֶם טוֺב (in classical Hebrew
בְּעֵינֵיכֶם) if it seems
good to you,
אִם עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֺב Neh 2:5;
Neh 2:7;
Esth 1:19;
Esth 3:9;
Esth 5:4;
Esth 5:8;
Esth 7:3;
Esth 8:5;
Esth 9:13 (compare in Aramaic
Ezra 5:17;
Ezra 7:18);
עַל שָׁפַר Ps 16:6 (compare in Aramaic
Dan 4:24);
עָרַב עַל Ps 104:34 (elsewhere
לְ);
רַע לְ Eccl 2:17 (see
De; compare
בְּאֵשׁ עַל Dan 6:15): compare
Job 22:2 סָכַן על be profitable
to,
Job 33:23 also
גָּמַל עַל (in both good and bad sense: see
גמל),
Neh 5:19 עשׂה על,
Neh 9:30 משׁך על prolong (mercy)
to;
הִטָּה חֶסֶד עַל Ezra 7:28;
Ezra 9:9 (
Gen 39:21 אל):
1Sam 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.
c. עַל alone:
(a) because, Gen 31:20 (E) עַל בְּלִי הִגִּיד, Ps 119:136 עַל לֹא.
(b) notwithstanding that (above, 1 f f), although, Isa 53:9 חָמָס עָשָׂה עַל לֹא although he did no violence, Job 16:7 עַל לֹא חָמָס בְּכַפָּ֑י.
1. with
כְּ (rare and late),
a. as concerning, as upon Ps 119:14 כְּעַל כָּלהֿוֺן,
2Chr 32:19.
b. (pleon. for
כְּ),
Isa 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 Num 15:15;
Hos 4:9: see
כְּ) =
according to their deeds is (that which) he will repay,
Isa 63:7 according to.
2. מֵעַל304 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.
Gen 4:14;
Gen 6:7;
Gen 7:4;
Exod 32:12;
Deut 6:15;
Deut 28:21;
Deut 28:63 + often, especially Jeremiah and compiler of Kings; to be lifted up
הארץ מעל Gen 7:17;
Ezek 1:19;
Ezek 1:21 +, to return or be dried (of water)
מעל הארץ Gen 8:3;
Gen 8:7;
Gen 8:11;
Gen 8:13 to roll a stone
מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵד Gen 29:3 of the cloud departing
האהל מעל Num 9:17;
Num 12:10, compare
Neh 9:19 to rise up
הַכִּסֵּא מֵעַל Judg 3:20;
1Kgs 2:4,
מֵעַל מִשְׁכָּבוֺ 2Sam 11:2 to alight
מֵעַל הַגָּמָל (נָפַלׅ Gen 24:64 (compare
Josh 15:18 צנח,
1Sam 25:23 ירד),
ירד מֵעַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה Judg 4:15;
2Kgs 5:21 (
נפל); to take
מֵעַל ראֹשׁ Gen 40:19;
2Sam 12:30,
מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lev 16:12;
Num 17:11;
Isa 6:6 to see
מֵעַל הַגָּנ 2Sam 11:2 to shoot
מֵעַל הַחוֺמָה v
2Sam 11:20 v
2Sam 11:24 to speak
מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת Exod 25:22;
Num 7:89 to cast down
מֵעַל יָדַיִם Deut 9:17;
Lev 8:28 (
כַּפַּיִם); to break, remove, etc., a yoke (
צוארך)
מעל שׁכמך Gen 27:40;
Isa 10:27;
Jer 28:10;
Jer 28:11 to wipe tears
מֵעַל כָּלפָּֿנִים Isa 25:8 to take a bandage
מעל עיניו 1Kgs 20:41 (compare
על v
1Kgs 20:38); often of putting off a garment or ornament., as
Gen 38:14;
Gen 38:19 וַתָּסַר צְעִיפָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ,
Exod 33:5 הוֺרֵד עֶדְיְךָ מֵעָלֶיךָ, a sandal
Exod 3:5;
Josh 5:15, a ring
מֵעַל יָדוֺ Gen 41:42 to seek (
דרשׁ), or hear, words
מֵעַל הַסֵּפֶר Isa 34:16;
Jer 36:11 (compare
כתב על ספד above); pregnantly with
בָּלָה to wear away (and fall)
from off,
Deut 8:4;
Deut 29:4, compare of the bones or skin in disease
Job 30:17 עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָ֑י are pierced (and drop)
from off me, v
Job 30:30 עוֺרִי שָׁחַר מעלי is black (and falls)
from off me; figurative
1Sam 1:11 הָסִירִי יֵינֵךְ מֵעָלַיִךְ remove thy wine
from off thee;
Num 14:9 סָר צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם;
Judg 16:19;
Judg 16:20 סר מעליו ׳י (with allusion to the hair, as the seat of Samson's strength),
1Sam 16:23 (compare
על in v
1Sam 16:16).
b. Of relief from a burden or trouble: as of a plague, stroke, rod, etc., removed from (resting) on one, Exod 10:17 וְיָסֵר מֵעָלַי אֶתהַֿמָּוֶת הַזֶּה, Num 21:7; Num 25:8 ׳וַתֵּעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָה מֵעַל ישׂר 2Sam 24:21; 2Sam 24:25), Ps 39:11 הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶ֑ךָ, Job 9:34; Job 13:21; Joel 2:20 of reproach Josh 5:9; Isa 25:8; Ps 119:22, iniquity Ezek 18:31; Zech 3:4, bloodguiltiness, 1Kgs 2:31, wrath Judg 8:3; Num 25:11; Prov 24:18, murmurings Num 17:21; Num 17:25 הֵקֵל מֵעַל to lighten from upon one Exod 18:22 +; Amos 5:23 הָסֵר מֵעָלַיהֲמוֺן שִׁירֶיךָ; pregnantly Jonah 1:11; Jonah 1:12 that the sea יִשְׁתֹּק מֵעָלֵינוּ may be calm from off us; to remove, etc., מֵעַל פָּנַי (see פָּנִים); 1Sam 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, 2Sam 10:14 ויָּשָׁב יוֺאָב מֵעַל בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן, 2Sam 20:21 וְאֵעלכָה מֵעַל הָעִיר, v2Sam 20:22 Ki 2Sam 3:27; 2Sam 18:14, especially with עָלָה, נַעֲלָה 1Kgs 15:19; Jer 21:2; Jer 37:5; Jer 37:11 +; 2Sam 19:10 David fled מעל אבשׁלום from Absalom (whom his presence had encumbered), Neh 13:28 וָאַבְרִיחֵהוּ מֵעָלַי, compare Gen 13:11; Gen 25:6; Num 20:21 מֵעָלָיו ׳וַיֵּט ישׂר, 2Chr 20:10; Exod 10:28 לֵךְ מֵעָלַי (contemptuously; be no more obnoxious to me), similarly 2Sam 13:17 שׁלחונֿא אתזֿאת מעלי (Amnon of Tamar).
c. From beside (compare על 6 c), in different nuances: Gen 17:22 God went up מעל אברהם from beside A., Gen 35:13; Gen 18:3 אל נא תעבר מעל עבדך (compare על vGen 18:5), Gen 42:24; Num 16:25; Num 16:27; 1Kgs 1:53 to come down מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (compare על 1Kgs 13:1 6 c and 7 b); from attendance on Gen 45:1 (compare על ib.), Judg 3:19 וְיֵּצְאוּ מֵעָלָיו כָּלהָֿעֹמְדִים עָלָיו 1Sam 17:15 (see Dr), 2Sam 13:9, compare1 Sam 2Sam 13:8; 2Sam 13:11; 2Kgs 25:5 (Jer 36:21 read עַל, מ being dittograph), compare 2Chr 35:15 from attachment to, ׳רָחַק מֵעַל י Jer 2:5; Ezek 11:15; Ezek 44:10, compare Ezek 8:6, ׳סָר מֵעַל י Jer 32:40; Ezek 6:9, ׳תָּעָה מֵעַל י Ezek 44:10; Ezek 44:15, compare Ezek 14:5; Deut 13:11 also סָר מֵעַל חַטּאֹות 2Kgs 10:31; 2Kgs 15:18 (usually מֵחטאות), compare Ezek 14:6; Ezek 23:18 from companionship with, Job 19:13 אַחַי מֵעַלַי הִרְחִיק; from accompanying protectingly 1Sam 28:15 וֵאלֹהִים סָר מֵעַלַי, v1Sam 28:16 (compare על Ps 110:5 and see Dr); from adhesion to 2Kgs 17:21 קָרַע ישׂראל מֵעַל בֵּית תָּוִד, Isa 7:17; Isa 56:6 יַבְדִּילַנִי מֵעַל עַמּוֺ ׳י, Hos 9:1 זָנִיתָ מֵעַל אֱלֹהֶיךָ.
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עַל preposition upon, over, on account of, above, to, against (Biblical Hebrew and general Aramaic id.); — suffix 1 singular עֲלַי; 2 masculine singular עליך Kt (so Egyptian Aramaic, CookeNo. 77, A 5, 6, B 8, S-CPap. A 3, B 5 +), עֲלָךְ, Qr (ᵑ7 עֲלַךְ, Dalm§ 47, 2) Dan 3:12 + 6 t. Daniel; Ezra 7:18 3 masculine singular עֲלוֺהִי (so Nabataean, Palmyrene; Egyptian Aramaic עלוי S-CA 6 +) Dan 3:28 +, עֲלֹהִי Ezra 6:11 3 feminine singular עליה Kt (so Egyptian Aramaic, S-CD 24), עֲלַהּ Qr (so ᵑ7) Dan 4:14; Dan 5:21 1 plural עֲלֵינָא Ezra 4:12, עֲלֵ֑ינָא Ezra 4:18; Ezra 5:17 Baer (Gi עֲלֶ֑ינָא); 3 masculine plural עֲלֵיהֹם (so Nabataean, CISii. 226; Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap. F 5, 8+) Ezra 7:24, עֲלֵיהוֺן Ezra 5:1; Ezra 5:3 — 1. a. upon,
Dan 2:10;
Dan 2:28;
Dan 2:46;
Dan 5:5;
Dan 5:7;
Dan 6:11 + often,
Dan 4:26 עַלהֵֿיכַל מַלְכוּתָא (
2Sam 11:2); to be established
עַל מַלְכוּתִי 2Sam 4:33 (compare
2Chr 1:1 Biblical Hebrew II. 1) to lay an impost
upon,
Ezra 7:24 to trust
on,
Dan 3:28 after a verb of motion,
מְטָא עַל to come
upon,
Dan 4:21;
Dan 4:25 of times, to pass
over,
Dan 4:13;
Dan 4:20;
Dan 4:22;
Dan 4:29;
Ezra 5:1 בְּשֻׁם אֱלָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲלֵיהוֺן i.e. (named)
over them.
b. idiomatic (as in Biblical Hebrew; see
II. 1 d) of the person who is the
subject of an emotion or experience,
Dan 5:9 וְזִיוֺתִי שָׁנַיִן עֲלוֺהִי were changed
upon him,
Dan 7:28;
Dan 6:19 וְשִׁנְּתֵהּ נַדַּת עֲלוֺהִי (compare
Dan 2:1).
c. on accusative of (Biblical Hebrew
1 f b),
Dan 3:16 פִּתְגָּם עַלדְּֿנָה. So in
עַלדְּֿנָה on this accusative Ezra 4:15;
Ezra 4:22;
Ezra 5:17,
עַלמָֿה wherefore ?
Dan 2:15 and
עַל דִּבְרַת דִּי (see
׳דְּ).
d. on behalf of (
ib. 1 f c),
Ezra 6:17.
e. regarding, concerning (
ib. 1 f g),
Dan 2:18;
Dan 5:14;
Dan 5:29;
Dan 6:6;
Dan 6:13;
Ezra 7:14 + often
5. in such phrases as
שְׁפַר עַל,
טְאֵב (to be) good or acceptable
to (as in Syriac and
late Hebrew: see Biblical Hebrew
8),
Ezra 5:17 אִם עַל מַלְכָּא טָב,
Ezra 7:18 (twice in verse);
Dan 4:24 (
יִשְׁפַּר),
Dan 6:15 (
בְּאֵשׁ), v.
Dan 6:24 (
טְאֵב). — compare the synopsis of meanings in
Lzb340.