עֲלִי
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
roof-chamber tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
עִלִּי: n.f. roof-chamber tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. roof-chamber (cf. Dr; BH עֲלִיָּה);—sf. עִלִּיתֵהּ Dn 6:11.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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: his upper (1).
In the verses
וְ֠דָנִיֵּאל כְּדִ֨י יְדַ֜ע דִּֽי־רְשִׁ֤ים כְּתָבָא֙ עַ֣ל לְבַיְתֵ֔הּ וְכַוִּ֨ין פְּתִיחָ֥ן לֵהּ֙ בְּעִלִּיתֵ֔הּ נֶ֖גֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְזִמְנִין֩ תְּלָתָ֨ה בְיוֹמָ֜א ה֣וּא ׀ בָּרֵ֣ךְ עַל־בִּרְכ֗וֹהִי וּמְצַלֵּ֤א וּמוֹדֵא֙ קֳדָ֣ם אֱלָהֵ֔הּ כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֣א עָבֵ֔ד מִן־קַדְמַ֖ת דְּנָֽה׃ס
Word for word: and Daniel as that he.knew (diy).that it.was.signed the writing he.went.in to house his and windows [were].opened to it in his.upper room facing Jerusalem and times three in the day he [was].kneeling on knees his and.[was] praying and.[was] praising before God his as to because that he.was doing from the.former.time of.this
JPS 1917: And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house — now his windows were open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem — and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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