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ˁly (ˁillāy) adj. supreme, highest, exalted
1
supreme, highest, exalted
Common (except: OA, OfA)
Dan 4:22↗ 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 ; Amu25 1.7↗ לאלהא עליא על כל פגע ועל כל מו̇ם̇‏ : of God supreme over every affliction and over every flaw ; P Ju1:15↗ ܒܝܬ ܫܩܝܐ ܥܠܝܬܐ ܘܒܝܬ ܫܩܝܐ ܬܚܬܝܬܐ‏ : the upper watering area and the lower watering area
(1)
of scientific classes : primary, main
Syr
JbEd BTr 356.1:22↗ ܬܠܬܐ ܓܢ̈ܣܐ ܥܠ̈ܝܐ‏ : the three primary genres
2
upper
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Ez9:2↗ תַרעָא עִלָאָה‏ : the upper gate ; SR[1].7:4(17)↗ מבורסקי לשוקא עילאה ומתמן לשוקא ארעיי{א}ה‏ : from the tannery to the upper street and from there to the lower street ; GT E Gen40:17↗ ובסלה עליא‏ : in the upper basket ; JBAmb2 102:6↗ בשכינתא עיליתא ובכינתא מיציתא‏ : by the upper divine presence and the middle divine presence ; BT BM 107b(50)↗ ליקיצו עילאי ותתאי והדר איקוץ אנא‏ : let the ones above and the ones below (me) cut (their sections of the forest), and I shall then cut (mine) ; 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
(1)
upper region, up-river
OA, Syr
Sf.1.a6↗ mlky] kl ˁly ˀrm wtḥth : [the kings of] all of upper Aram and its lower part † ; Bhchr 80:8↗ ܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܥܠܝ̈ܐ ܕܒܡܥܪܒܐ‏ : (in reference to areas north of the Mediterranean vis-a-vis Yemen and Ethiopia) ; Tobit 8:3↗ ܥܪܩ ܠܥ̈ܠܝܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ‏ : [LXX ἔφυγεν εἰς τὰ ἀνώτατα Αἰγύπτου ]
3
previous, above in a text
Gal
PTYom 41.a:3[2]↗ גרש גכהילכתא עיליתא‏ : continuation, as in the previous halakhah
4
subst.:
(1)
(gram.) name of an accent
Syr
BhGr 246:6 text not cited ; ET 25:4 text not cited ; JBhSy 18:9 text not cited
(2)
elevated ritual place(?), altar(?)
Nabatean
Si'Dedication3↗ lqbl dy hw bnh byrtˀ ˁlytˀ : because he built the elevated part of the temple compound
(3)
upper story(?) or money chest(?)
Syr
SyrAm2:24↗ ܘܡܢ ܒܝܬܗ݀ ܘܡܢ ܩܢܝܢܗ݀ ‍{‍ܩܢܝܢܗ݀‍}‍ ܘܡܢ ܥܠܝܗ‏
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JLAtg fem.emph. עִילֵיתָ , עִילִיתָ
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For "money chest" see s.v. ˁly, ˁlytˀ n.f. : upper story.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1101[527]DJPA: 404bDJBA: 854Jastrow: 1069Drower/Macuch: 350bPayne-Smith: 2889J. Payne-Smith: 414Levy Ch-W: 2:216Tal Sam: 637DNWSI: 853DJA: 70a

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