Strong's H5920

p.cs.ar

עַל, עָ֑ל

• I subst. height

• II As prep. 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

  • 1 Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed

    • a —

      • (a) of clothing, etc., which any one wears

      • (b) With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

    • b Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

    • c Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

    • d על is used idiom. 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

    • e חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

    • f Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

  • 2 It expresses excess

  • 3 It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

  • 4 It expresses addition

  • 5 It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

  • 6 From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

  • 7 In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

  • 8 By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

  • 9 With other particles:

• III As conj.

  • a עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

  • b עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

  • c עַל alone:

    • (a) because

    • (b) notwithstanding that, although

• IV Compounds:

  • 1 with כְּ (rare and late)

    • a as concerning, as upon

    • b the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

  • 2 מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by