עלי

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Koren
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)

From Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).

Related to Arapski عَلِيّ (ʿaliyy, “to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)”).

Proper noun

עֵלִי ('eli)

1. Eli, an Israelite high priest.
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male dato ime

Etymology 2

Koren
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)

Cognate to Arapski عَلَى (ʿalā).

Preposition

עֲלֵי ('aléi)

1. (biblical, poetic)
   (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of עַל ('al)

References

• H5941 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

• יעל

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Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arapski

عَلَى (ʿalā).

Preposition

עלי (ʿalā)

1. on, upon, over
   • Exodus 1:8 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃

     waqāma malikun jadīdun ʿalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.

     And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.