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title: עִלַּי — highest · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עִלַּי (lemma:עִלַּי), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 10 times: highest. BDB 1906: adj. highest. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִלַּי

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«עִלַּי» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **highest** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:עִלַּי · **BDB:** עִלָּי

### Glosses

(the).Most (4); the.Most (3); of (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

highest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5dc_5b7_5bc_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. highest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5dc_5b7_5bc_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. highest;—always emph. עליא Kt, עִלָּאָה Qr, the Most High God: אֱלָהָא ע׳ Dn 3:26, 32; 5:18, 21; ע׳ alone, the Most High, 4:14, 21, 22, 29, 31; 7:25 (cf. Nab. n.pr. עליאל Lzb 341 SAC 91).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִלַּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5dc_5b7_5bc_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.21/)

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דְּנָ֥ה פִשְׁרָ֖א מַלְכָּ֑א וּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִלָּאָה֙ הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־מָרִ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the interpretation O king and.\[is\] the.decree of the.Most.High it which it.has.reached to lord my the king

*JPS 1917:* this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,

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[Daniel 3:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/)

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אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עִלָּאָ֑ה שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the signs and the wonders which he.has.done with me (the) God (the).Most High it.seemed.good before me to declare

*JPS 1917:* It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.

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