עַל

<div class="bdb-entrada"><strong lang="he" dir="rtl">עַל</strong>, <strong lang="he" dir="rtl">עָ֑ל</strong>
subst. <em>height</em>
As prep. <em>upon</em>, and hence <em>on the ground of</em>, <em>according to</em>, <em>on account of</em>, <em>on behalf of</em>, <em>concerning</em>, <em>beside</em>, <em>in addition to</em>, <em>together with</em>, <em>beyond</em>, <em>above</em>, <em>over</em>, <em>by</em>, <em>on to</em>, <em>towards</em>, <em>to</em>, <em>against</em>
<em>Upon</em>, of the substratum <em>upon</em> which an object in any way rests, or <em>on</em> which an action is performed
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of clothing, etc., which any one wears
With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

Of what rests heavily <em>upon</em> a person, or is a burden to him
Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed <em>upon</em> a person, or devolving <em>on</em> him
<strong lang="he" dir="rtl">על</strong> is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting <em>upon</em> him
<strong lang="he" dir="rtl">חָיָה עַל</strong> to live <em>upon</em> (as upon a foundation or support)
Of the ground or basis, <em>on</em> which a thing is done

It expresses <em>excess</em>
It denotes <em>elevation</em> or <em>pre-eminence</em>
It expresses <em>addition</em>
It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended <em>over</em> anything, without however being in contact with it, <em>above</em>, <em>over</em>
From the sense of inclining or impending over, <strong lang="he" dir="rtl">על</strong> comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. <em>by</em> (or sts. <em>on</em>)
In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)
By writers of the silver age, <strong lang="he" dir="rtl">על</strong> is sts. used with the force of a dative
With other particles:

As conj.
<strong lang="he" dir="rtl">עַל אֲשֶׁר</strong> <em>because that</em>
<strong lang="he" dir="rtl">עַל כִּי</strong> similar in meaning, but less frequent
<strong lang="he" dir="rtl">עַל</strong> alone:
<em>because</em>
<em>notwithstanding that</em>, <em>although</em>


Compounds:
with <strong lang="he" dir="rtl">כְּ</strong> (rare and late)
<em>as concerning</em>, <em>as upon</em>
<em>the like of</em> their deeds is <em>the like of</em> (that which) he will repay

<strong lang="he" dir="rtl">מֵעַל</strong> <em>from upon</em>, <em>from over</em>, <em>from by</em>

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