Lexical Definition

‎מֵעָל‎ mêʻâl (may-awl') going down ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) from ‎עֲלַל‎

going down.

• (only in plural as singular) the setting (of the sun)

1) going in
1a) sunset (of sun)

See Greek: δυσμή · ἐπάνω · ἑσπέρα · ἡγέομαι · ὑπεράνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מֶעָל‎] noun [masculine] going in (Syriac, ‎ᵑ7‎^J; ‎ᵑ7‎^Onk, etc., ‎מַעֲלָנָא‎); — plural construct ‎מֶעָלֵי שִׁמְשָׁא‎ Dan 6:15* i.e. sunset (so read Nö^{GGA, 1884, 1020 Str M} Bev, compare Syriac , ; > van d. H. Gi ‎מֵעָלֵי‎, Baer ‎מַעֲלֵי‎; compare K^{§, Beisp.} b)).

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