עלי
Hebrew
Etymology 1
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ע־ל־ה |
From Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).
Related to Arabic عَلِيّ (ʿaliyy, “to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)”).
References
Judeo-Arabic
Preposition
עלי (ʿalā)
- on, upon, over
- Exodus 1:8 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
- 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.
- Exodus 1:8 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
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