Lexical Definition

‎עֵלָּא‎ ʻêllâʼ (ale-law') above ^A:Prep
(Aramaic) from ‎עַל‎

over.

• above

1) above

Extended Information

Aramaic of: עַל

• Aramaic of al (‎ע‎ַ‎ל‎ "upon" עַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵ֫לָּא‎ adverb above (from noun ‎עֵל‎, with ‎א‎- of direction, D^{§ 44. l n}.; Nabataean, Egyptian Aramaic, id., Lzb³⁴¹ S-C^{A 5}+; ᵑ7 ‎עֵיל‎, ‎עֵילָא‎; Syriac in above); — Dan 6:3* ‎עֵ֫לָּא מִנְּהוֺן‎ above (over) them (compare Cooke^{96. 2}, Deut 28:43 ᵑ7).

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