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עֶלִּי עֶלִּיתָא‏ n.f. #2 upper story

upper story or room Palmyrene, Qumran, Jud, JLAtg, CPA, Syr, JBA. 4QpapTob ar6..2=03:10 : וסלק]ת֗ לעלית בית[‏ . TgJ Jud3:20 : וְהֻוא יָתֵיב בַעְלִיַת/באידרון/ בֵית קֵיטָא דִילֵיה‏ . TgJ Ez41:7 : וְכֵין בִמסִיבְתָא סָלְקִין מִן אַרעָיתָא לְעִלִיתָא בְאוֹרַח מְצִיעָיתָא‏ thus they ascend from the ground floor to the upper story on the spiral staircase through the middle way. clearstory or the like BA^Dan. Dan6:11 : עַל לְבַיְתֵהּ וְכַוִּין פְּתִיחָן לֵהּ בְּעִלִּיתֵהּ נֶגֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶם‏ he entered his house with windows opened for him in its clearstory facing Jerusalem.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 404b; DJBA: 855a; Jastrow: 1070; Levy Ch-W: 2:218; DJA: 70b; Cook,Qumran: 180;

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