עלי

Arabic

Preposition

עלי • (ʿalā)

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of عَلَى‎ (ʕalā, “on, upon, over”)‎‎
    • Exodus 1:8 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃‎‎
      waqāma malikun jadīdun ʿalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
      And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
ע־ל־ה‎ (ʿ-l-h)

From Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).

Related to Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʕaliyy, “to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)”), Maltese għoli.

Proper noun

עֵלִי • ('eli) m

  1. Eli, an Israelite high priest.
  2. a male given name, Eli

Etymology 2
Root
ע־ל־ה‎ (ʿ-l-h)

Cognate to Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʕalā), Maltese għal.

Preposition

עֲלֵי • ('aléi)

  1. (biblical, poetic) Alternative form of עַל‎ ('al)

Etymology 3

Adjective

עִלִּי • (ilí) (feminine עִלִּית‎, masculine plural עִלִּים‎ or עִלִּיִּים‎, feminine plural עִלִּיּוֹת‎)

  1. upper

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