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title: עֵלָּא — above · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עֵלָּא (lemma:עֵלָּא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: above. BDB 1906: adv. above. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵלָּא

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«עֵלָּא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **above** — 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:עֵלָּא · **BDB:** עֵ֫לָּא

### Glosses

above (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

above [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5dc_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. above [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5dc_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. above (from n. עֵל, with -א of direction, D§ 44, 1 n.; Nab., Egyptian Aramaic, id., Lzb 341 S-CA 5 +; 𝔗 עֵיל, עֵילָא; Syriac ܥܶܠ in ܠܥܶܠ above);—Dn 6:3 עֵ֫לָּא מִנְּהוֹן above (over) them (cf. Cooke 96:2, Dt 28:43 𝔗).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵלָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5dc_5b8_5bc_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.3/)

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וְעֵ֤לָּא מִנְּהוֹן֙ סָרְכִ֣ין תְּלָתָ֔א דִּ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל חַֽד־מִנְּה֑וֹן דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֞ן אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ין יָהֲבִ֤ין לְהוֹן֙ טַעְמָ֔א וּמַלְכָּ֖א לָֽא־לֶהֱוֵ֥א נָזִֽק׃

*Word for word:* and above more than.them overseers three whom Daniel \[was\].one of them whom they.will.be the satraps these giving to them the report and the king not he.will.be suffering.injury

*JPS 1917:* and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.

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