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title: עֲלִי — roof-chamber · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עֲלִי (lemma:עֲלִי), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: roof-chamber. BDB 1906: n.f. roof-chamber. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲלִי

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«עֲלִי» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **roof-chamber** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:עֲלִי · **BDB:** עִלִּי

### Glosses

his.upper (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roof-chamber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5dc_5b4_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. roof-chamber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5dc_5b4_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. roof-chamber (cf. Dr; BH עֲלִיָּה);—sf. עִלִּיתֵהּ Dn 6:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5dc_5b4_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.11/)

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וְ֠דָנִיֵּאל כְּדִ֨י יְדַ֜ע דִּֽי־רְשִׁ֤ים כְּתָבָא֙ עַ֣ל לְבַיְתֵ֔הּ וְכַוִּ֨ין פְּתִיחָ֥ן לֵהּ֙ בְּעִלִּיתֵ֔הּ נֶ֖גֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְזִמְנִין֩ תְּלָתָ֨ה בְיוֹמָ֜א ה֣וּא ׀ בָּרֵ֣ךְ עַל־בִּרְכ֗וֹהִי וּמְצַלֵּ֤א וּמוֹדֵא֙ קֳדָ֣ם אֱלָהֵ֔הּ כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֣א עָבֵ֔ד מִן־קַדְמַ֖ת דְּנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and Daniel as that he.knew (diy).that it.was.signed the writing he.went.in to house his and windows \[were\].opened to it in his.upper room facing Jerusalem and times three in the day he \[was\].kneeling on knees his and.\[was\] praying and.\[was\] praising before God his as to because that he.was doing from the.former.time of.this

*JPS 1917:* And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house — now his windows were open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem — and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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