בְּאֵשׁ עַל Dn 6:1 5): comp. Jb 22:2 סָכַן על be profitable to , 33:23 ; also
גָּמַל עַל (in both good and bad sense: v. גמל ), Ne 5:19 עשׂה על , 9:30 משׁך על prolong (mercy) to; הִטָּה חֶסֶד עַל Ezr 7:2 8; 9:9 ( Gn 39:21 אל ): 1 S 20:8 read prob. עם for על . Cf. Mish. חביב על , dear to; סני על hateful to; Syriac
ܕܚܺܝܡ ܥܰܠ , ܡܩܰܒܰܠ ܥܰܠ ( dḥim ˓al, mqabal ˓al ), pleasant, acceptable to .— Comp. in gen. the uses of عَلَى ( ˓alā ), W AG ii. § 59 .
9. With other particles:— עַל אַהֲרֵי Ez 41:1 5; עַל בֵּין Ez 19:11 ( cf. אל 31:10 , 14 ); עַל לִפְנֵי Ez 40:1 5; עַל מֵעַל Ez 41:17 (text dub. ), v 2 0; עַל עֵבֶר Ex 25:37 ( cf. אל Ez 1: 9, 12 ); עַל־כָּ˜כָה Est 9:26 ( v. p. 462).—On עַל־יַד , עַל־יְדֵי , עַל פִּי , עַל־פְּנֵי , v. יָד , פֶּה , פָּנִים .
III. As conj. : a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that … ( cf. above, II 1 f b ), Ex 32:35 and י׳ plagued the people על אשׁר עשׂו because they had made, etc., Nu 20:24 Dt 29:24 (in answer to על מה : so 1 K 9:9 Je 16:1 1; 22:9 ), 32:51 (×2) 1 S 24:6 2 S 3:30 ; 6:8 ; 8:10 ; 12:6 ψ 119:49 +.
b. עַל כִּ׳ similar in meaning, but less frequent: • Dt 31:17 Ju 3:12 Je 4:28 Mal 2:14 ψ 139:14 .
c. עַל alone: ( a ) because , • Gn 31:20 ( E ) עַל בְּלִי הִגִּיד , ψ 119:136 עַל לֹא . ( b ) notwithstanding that (above, 1 f f ), although , • Is 53:9 חָמָס עָשָׂה עַל לֹא although he did no violence, Jb 16:17 עַל לֹא חָמָס בְּכַפָּ˜י .
IV. Compounds:— 1. with בְּ (rare and late), a. as concerning, as upon • ψ 119:14 כָּל־הֹון כְּעַל , 2 Ch 32:19 . b. (pleon. for ךְּ ), • Is 59:18 כְּעַל גְּמֻלֹות כְּעַל יְשַׁלֵּם the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay ( כְּעַל repeated on the anal. of ךְּ Nu 15:15 Ho 4: 9: v. ךְּ ) = according to their deeds is (that which) he will repay, Is 63:7 according to .
2. מֵעַל
304
from upon, from over, from by
—used with much delicacy of application in many different connexions, corresponding mostly with the different senses of
על
. Thus
a.
from upon
idiomatically, when removal, motion, etc., from a
surface
is involved, as
מעל האדמה
,
מעל פני האדמה
from upon
(the face of) the ground, usually with expel, destroy, perish, etc.
Gn 4:14
;
6:7
;
7:4 Ex 32:12 Dt 6:15
;
28:21
:
63
+
often especially Je and compiler of K; to be lifted up
הארץ מעל
Gn 7:17 Ez 1:1
9,
21
+, to return or be dried (of water)
מעל הארץ
Gn 8:
3,
7
,
11
,
13
; to roll a stone
מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר
29:
3; of the cloud departing
האהל מעל
Nu 9:17
;
12:10
,
cf.
Ne 9:1
9; to rise up
הַכִּסֵּא מֵעַל
Ju 3:20 1 K 2:
4,
מֵעַל
comp. compare, compares, comparative. Mish. Mishna.
E Elohist.