עֵלָּא

Biblical Aramaic

above — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

above tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֵ֫לָּא: adv. above tree →

The whole BDB entry

adv. above (from n. עֵל, with -א of direction, D§ 44, 1 n.; Nab., Egyptian Aramaic, id., Lzb 341 S-CA 5 +; 𝔗 עֵיל, עֵילָא; Syriac ܥܶܠ in ܠܥܶܠ above);—Dn 6:3 עֵ֫לָּא מִנְּהוֹן above (over) them (cf. Cooke 96:2, Dt 28:43 𝔗).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: above (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:3 · tree →

וְעֵ֤לָּא מִנְּהוֹן֙ סָרְכִ֣ין תְּלָתָ֔א דִּ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל חַֽד־מִנְּה֑וֹן דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֞ן אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ין יָהֲבִ֤ין לְהוֹן֙ טַעְמָ֔א וּמַלְכָּ֖א לָֽא־לֶהֱוֵ֥א נָזִֽק׃

Word for word: and above more than.them overseers three whom Daniel [was].one of them whom they.will.be the satraps these giving to them the report and the king not he.will.be suffering.injury

JPS 1917: and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.

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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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