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עֶלָּה   n.f. #3  pretext, occasion


  pretext, opportunity  BADan, Gal, Syr, JBA, LJLA. for sin  CPA, Syr, LJLA.

  cause  Jud, JLAtg, CPA, Syr, JBAg, Man, LJLA.

  evidence, basis of proof  PTA, Syr.

In LJLA often confused by scribes with עַוְלָה "wickedness, sin".
  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 404a; DJBA: 854; Jastrow: 1069; Levy Ch-W: 2:211;

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