עלי

עלי

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
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)”).

Proper noun

עֵלִי • ('eli)

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

Etymology 2

Root
ע־ל־ה‎

Cognate to Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʿalā).

Preposition

עֲלֵי • ('aléi)

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

References

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

Anagrams

• יעל‎

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Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʿalā).

Preposition

עלי (ʿalā)

1. 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.