The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

view in outline mode only View the Full CAL Entry

מְעַלָּי‏ adj. excellent

excellent, eminent, exceptional Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgIIChron 13:2 : אתהפכא למתקרי מיכיהו שמא דמעלי‏ she was changed into being called Micayhu, a name which is excellent. +מן‏ : preferable to, better than, superior to Syr, LJLA. TgLamYemWT 4:9 : מעלי הוו קטילי סייפא יתיר מן קטילי כפן‏ those killed by the sword were better off than those killed by famine.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 695b; Jastrow: 817; Levy Ch-W: 2:57;

View a complete KWIC