עַל S 5920, 5921, 5922 TWOT 1624p, 2908 GK 6583, 6584 prep. upon, over, on account of,

above, to, against ( BH and general Aramaic id. ) ;— sf. 1 s. עֲלַי ^{; 2 ms.} עליך Kt

(so Egyptian Aramaic, Cooke ^{No. 77, A 5, 6, B 8}, S-C ^{Pap.A 3, B 5 +}), עֲלָךְ ^{, Qr (T} עֲלַךְ ^,

Dalm ^{§ 47, 2}) Dn 3:12 + 6 times Dn, Ezr 7:18 ; 3 ms. עֲלוֹהִי ^{(so Nab.} Palm .; Egyptian

Aramaic עלוי ^{S-CA 6 +) Dn 3:28} +, עֲלֹהִי •Ezr 6:1 1; 3 fs. עליה Kt (so Egyptian

Aramaic, S-C ^{D 24}), עֲלַהּ Qr (so T ) • Dn 4:14 ; 5:21 ; 1 pl. עֲלֵ֥ינָא •Ezr 4:1 2, עֲלֶ֑ינָא

4:18 ; 5:17 Baer ( Gi עֲלֶ֑ינָא ^{); 3 mpl.} עֲלֵיהֹם ^{(so Nab., CIS ii. 226}; Egyptian

Aramaic, S-C ^{Pap. F 5, 8 +}) • 7:24 , עֲלֵיהוֹן •5: 1, 3 ;— 1. a. upon , Dn 2:10 , 28 , 46 ; 5:5 , 7 ;

6:11 + often, 4:26 עַל־הֵיכַל מַלְכוּתָא ( 2 S 11:2 ); to be established עַל מַלְכוּתִי 4:33 ( cf. 2 Ch 1: 1; BH II. 1 ) to lay an impost upon , Ezr 7:24 ; to trust on ,

Dn 3:28 ; after a vb. of motion, מְטָא עַל to come upon , Dn 4:21 , 25 ; of times, to

pass over , 4:13 , 20 , 22 , 29 ; Ezr 5:1 בְּשֻׁם אֱלָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲלֵיהוֹן i.e. (named)

over them. b. idiom. (as in BH ; v. II. 1 d ) of the pers. who is the subj. of an emotion

or experience, Dn 5:9 וְזִיוֹהִי שָׁנַיִן עֲלוֹהִי were changed upon him, 7:28 ; 6:19 וְשִׁנְּתֵהּ נַדַּת עֲלוֹהִי ^(cf. 2: 1). c. on acc. of ( BH 1 f b ), Dn 3:16 פִּתְגָּם עַל־דְּנָה ^{. So in} עַל־דְּנָה on this acc. •Ezr 4:1 5, 22 ; 5:17 , עַל־מָה wherefore?

• Dn 2:15 ; and עַל דִּבְרַת דִּי ^(v. דְּ׳ ^{). d.} on behalf of ( ib. 1 f c ), Ezr 6:17 . e.

regarding, concerning ( ib. 1 f g ), Dn 2:18 ; 5:14 , 29 ; 6:6 , 13 Ezr 7:14 + often 2. over , with vbs. of ruling appointing, etc., Dn 2:48 , 49 ; 3:12 ; 4:14 +, Ezr 4:20 ; 6:18 . 3. in a compar. sense, above, beyond , Dn 3:19 ; 6:4 . 4. expressing direction: a. to , of a person, after a vb. of motion ( cf. BH 7 c a α ), Dn 2:24 ; 4:31 , 33 ; 6:7 , 16 Ezr 4:1 2, 23

+ often; after to send (a letter, etc.) Ezr 4:11 , 17 , 18 ; 5:6 +, write 4: 7, prophesy 5: 1; of

the direction of the mind ( ib. 7 c c ), Dn 3:12 ; 6:14 ^(×2) 1 5; cf. Ezr 5:5 וְעֵין אֱל׳ הֲוַת עַל ^(cf. Je 40:4 and אֶל ψ 34:16 ). b. against , Dn 3:19 , 29 ; 5:23 ; 6:5 , 6 +; Ezr

4:8 ; 7:23 . 5. in such phrases as שְׁפַר עַל ^, טְאֵב (to be) good or acceptable to (as

No. number.

B Vatican MS. of Septuagint. Dalm G. Dalman.

CIS Corpus Inscript. Semiticarum. So A. Socin.
vbs. verbs.