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עַל (ʻal) n-m (al)
Source: from H5927;
Meaning: properly, the top; specifically, the Highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
KJV: above, high, most High.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

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

Appears in a total of 4 verses:

PSA 50:4

OET-LV: 4 He_summons (to) the_heavens (from)_above and_near/to the_earth/land to_judge people_of_his.   (PSA_50:4)

OET-RV: 4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth
 ⇔ → so that he can judge his people. (PSA 50:4)

HOS 11:7

OET-LV: 7 And_people_of_my are_hung_up to_apostasy_of_my and_near/to a_height they_call_on_him together not he_will_exalt_them.   (HOS_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 My people are insistent on turning away from me.
 ⇔ Though they call to the highest one, he won’t lift them up. (HOS 11:7)

HOS 7:16

OET-LV: 16 They_turn not height they_have_become like_a_bow_of deceit they_will_fall by_sword leaders_of_their from_the_indignation_of their_tongue_of_their this be_their_mockery_of_will in_land of_Miʦrayim.   (HOS_7:16)

OET-RV: 16 They return, but not upward.
 ⇔ They’re like a slack bow.
 ⇔ Their leaders will die by the sword because they’ve been so insolent.
 ⇔ That’s why Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim) will mock them. (HOS 7:16)

SA2 23:1

OET-LV: 23 and_these are_the_words/messages_of Dāvid (the)_last the_utterance_of Dāvid the_son_of Yishay/(Jesse) and_the_utterance_of the_man who_he_was_raised_up height the_one_anointed_of the_god_of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_the_pleasant_one_of the_songs_of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).   (SA2_23:1)

OET-RV: 23 These are David’s final words:
 ⇔ “The message from Yishay’s son David—
 ⇔ ≈ a message from the man who rose through the ranks—
 ⇔ who was selected by Yakob’s god—
 ⇔ singer of Yisrael’s pleasant songs. (SA2 23:1)

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