Strongs H5920

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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

עַל, עָ֑לsubst. heightAs 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, againstUpon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed—of clothing, etc., which any one wearsWith verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before itOf what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to himOf a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on himעל 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 himחָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is doneIt expresses excessIt denotes elevation or pre-eminenceIt expresses additionIt expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, overFrom the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dativeWith other particles:As conj.עַל אֲשֶׁר because thatעַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequentעַל alone:becausenotwithstanding that, althoughCompounds:with כְּ (rare and late)as concerning, as uponthe like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repayמֵעַל from upon, from over, from by {752}

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