עִלַּי

Biblical Aramaic

highest — used 10 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

highest tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עִלָּי: adj. highest tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. highest;—always emph. עליא Kt, עִלָּאָה Qr, the Most High God: אֱלָהָא ע׳ Dn 3:26, 32; 5:18, 21; ע׳ alone, the Most High, 4:14, 21, 22, 29, 31; 7:25 (cf. Nab. n.pr. עליאל Lzb 341 SAC 91).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (the) Most (4); the Most (3); of (2).

In the verses

Daniel 4:21 · tree →

דְּנָ֥ה פִשְׁרָ֖א מַלְכָּ֑א וּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִלָּאָה֙ הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־מָרִ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃

Word for word: this [is].the interpretation O king and.[is] the.decree of the.Most.High it which it.has.reached to lord my the king

JPS 1917: this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,

Daniel 3:32 · tree →

אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עִלָּאָ֑ה שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃

Word for word: the signs and the wonders which he.has.done with me (the) God (the).Most High it.seemed.good before me to declare

JPS 1917: It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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