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עִלָּי‏ adj. supreme, highest, exalted

supreme, highest, exalted Com^-OA^-OfA. Dan4:22 : עַד דִּי־תִנְדַּע דִּי־שַׁלִּיט עליא/#ק#עִלָּאָה/ בְּמַלְכוּת אֲנָשָׁא‏ until you understand that the Most Hight rules over the realm of Man. TgJ Is14:14 : אֵיהֵי עִלַאי מִכוּלְהוֹן‏ I shall be higher than all of them.

upper JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, BabMBK, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Ez9:2 : תַרעָא עִלָאָה‏ the upper gate. GT E Gen40:17 : ובסלה עליא‏ in the upper basket. TgIIChron 6:18 : הא שמיא עילאי ושמיא מיצעאי ושמיא תתאי לית איפשר להון די יסוברון יקר שכנתך‏ look how the upper heavens and middle heavens and the lower heavens are unable to bear the glory of Your Presence.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 404b; DJBA: 854; Jastrow: 1069; Levy Ch-W: 2:216; Tal Sam: 637; DNWSI: 853; DJA: 70a;

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Derivatives:

ˁly, ˁlytˀ (ˁellī, ˁellīṯā) n.f. #2 upper story

ˁlywn n.m. most high one