עליון

Hebrew

Root
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)
13 terms

Adjective

עֶלְיוֹן • ('elyón) (feminine עֶלְיוֹנָה, masculine plural עֶלְיוֹנִים, feminine plural עֶלְיוֹנוֹת) [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

1. topmost, upper, uppermost (the most high)
2. super, superior, supreme, superb, predominant, over (highest in rank)

Derived terms

• אֲנִי־עֶלְיוֹן (ani-elyón)
• עֶלְיוֹנוּת (elyonút)

Proper noun

עֶלְיוֹן • ('elyón) m [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

1. Supreme, Most High, a title for God
   • Tanach, Psalms 82:6-7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֲֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וּבְנֵ֖י עֶלְי֣וֹן כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃
     אָ֭כֵן כְּאָדָ֣ם תְּמוּת֑וּן וּכְאַחַ֖ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים תִּפֹּֽלוּ׃

     ’ănî ’āmartî ’ĕlōhîm ’attem; ū-ḇənê ‘elyōwn kulləḵem.
     ’āḵên kə-’āḏām təmūṯūn; ū-ḵə-’aḥaḏ haśśārîm tippōlū.

     I had taken you for divine beings, sons of the Most High, all of you;
     but you shall die as men do, fall like any prince.

   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 32:8-9, with text reconstructed based on Tov (2023), and translation by Fox (1995):

     בְּהַנְחֵל עֶלְיוֹן גּוֹיִם בְּהַפְרִידוֹ בְּנֵי אָדָם יַצֵּב גְּבֻלֹת עַמִּים לְמִסְפַּר בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים.
     כִּי חֵלֶק יְהֹוָה עַמּוֹ יַעֲקֹב חֶבֶל נַחֲלָתוֹ.

     bə-hanḥêl ‘elyōwn gōwyim, bə-hap̄rîḏōwm bənê ’āḏām; yaṣṣêḇ gəḇulōṯ ‘ammîm, lə-mispar bənê ’ĕlōhîm.
     kî ḥêleq ’ăḏōnāy ‘ammōw; ya‘ăqōḇ ḥeḇel naḥălāṯōw.

     When the Most-High gave nations (their) inheritances, at his dividing the human-race, he stationed boundaries for peoples by the number of the gods.
     Indeed, the portion of YHWH became his people, Yaakov, the lot of his inheritance.

Anagrams

• עלינו