עלי

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)

From Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (high; height, elevation), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (to be high, tall; to rise; mountain).

Related to Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)).

Proper noun

עֵלִי ('eli)

  1. Eli, an Israelite high priest.
  2. a male given name

Etymology 2

Root
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)

Cognate to Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā).

Preposition

עֲלֵי ('aléi)

  1. (biblical, poetic) Alternative form of עַל ('al)

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Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

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Preposition

עלי (ʿalā)

  1. on, upon, over
    • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Exodus 1:8:
      וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃
      waqāma malikun jadīdun ʿalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
      And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.