עלי

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)

References

• H5941 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• יעל

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Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā).

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.