The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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עַל‏ conj. since

(with non-imperfect) since, because JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. TgO Ex17:7 : עַל דִנצוֹ בְנֵי ישראל וְעַל דְנַסִיאוּ קדם יוי‏ because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord. TN Gen15:17 : על דמרדו רשיעיא על אורייתא‏ because the wicked rebelled against the law. PJ Gen31:20 : על דלא חוי ליה ארום אזיל הוא‏ inasmuch as he did not tell him he would be going. as regards LJLA. TgIChron 10:14 : ולא תבע אולפנא מן קדם ה׳ באוריא ותומי׳ על דיקטל כהניא די בנוב‏ he did not seek instruction from the Lord with the Urim and Tummim over whether he should kill the priests of Nob.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 406a; DJBA: 862a; Jastrow: 15;

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