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ˀ_ prep. upon, at
1
upon. over
JBA, JBAg, LJLA
BT Ket 55b(4)↗ ארכב׳ אתרי ריכשי‏ : he mounted it on two horses ; TgIChron 11:11↗ כד הוה נפיק לקרבא הוה מסתייע מלעילא ובמתביה לאולפן אוריתא הות סלקה שמעתה אלביה‏ : when he would go out to war he would be helped from above, and when he sat to study Torah its message would come up upon his heart †
(1)
at, next to (places)
JBAmb, JBA
JBABowl 125.1:1↗ אבבי יתבנא‏ : I am sitting at my gate ; BT Šab 121b(33)↗ הוו יתבי אקילעא דר׳ ינאי‏ : they were sitting in PN’s ante-room ; BT Ḥul 99b(25)↗ זיל אימא ליה למאן דיתיב אבבא‏ : go tell the one sitting at the door
(1)
by means of
JBA
BT AZ 72b(32)↗ אגושתא ובת גושתא גריר‏ : drawn out by means of a siphon or small siphon
(2)
against
JBAmb, LJLA
JBABowl 125.1:10↗ זיל̇ו אאבדניכו אמש[ד]רניכו על טחי קמחיכו‏ : go back against your makers, against your senders, against the grinders of your corn ; TgPs110:1↗ לית מלכותא מקרבא אחברתה‏ : there is no kingship that encroaches(??) upon its fellow
2
fig.:
JBA
BT BQ 59b(4)↗ אמ׳ להו דקא מאבילנא אירושלם‏ : he said to them: I am in mourning over Jerusalem
(1)
in addition to
JBA
BT Tan 19b(1)↗ ביצורתא מדינתא אמדינתא כפנא‏ : what is scarcity? When there is famine in one province on top of another
(2)
with respect to
JBA
BT BQ 20a(11)↗ אהא איתמר‏ : it was said concerning this ; BT BM 79b(30)↗ ביניתא אכרסה תקלא‏ : a b'-fish is weighed by its stomach
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From ˁl. For additional meanings see s.v. It should be noted that in JBA when used as a verbal complement (see DJBA 71:II) על itself is generally much more frequently found.
This form may exist as early as the incantation from Uruk in cuneiform script: di-a-ba-ba-ˀ, "of the door", but it is uncertain.
The two LJLA examples cited above are essentially the only ones in that dialect, and both are forms known to the scribes from talmudic passages.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 71a

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