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title: עִלִּי — upper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִלִּי (5942), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: upper. BDB 1906: adj. upper. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִלִּי

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«עִלִּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **upper** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5942 · **BDB:** עִלִּי

### Glosses

upper (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

upper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5942/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. upper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5942/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. upper;—fs. עִלִּית Ju 1:15; pl. עִלִּיּוֹת Jos 15:19 (opp. תַּחְתִּית, תַּחְתִּיּוֹת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִלִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5942/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.19/)

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וַתֹּ֜אמֶר תְּנָה־לִּ֣י בְרָכָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֶ֤רֶץ הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ נְתַתָּ֔נִי וְנָתַתָּ֥ה לִ֖י גֻּלֹּ֣ת מָ֑יִם וַיִּתֶּן־לָ֗הּ אֵ֚ת גֻּלֹּ֣ת עִלִּיּ֔וֹת וְאֵ֖ת גֻּלֹּ֥ת תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* and she.said give to me a.blessing (dm) the.land of the.Negev you have.given.to.me and you.will.give to me springs of.water and he.gave to her (et) springs upper and (et) springs lower

*JPS 1917:* And she said: 'Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the Southland, give me therefore springs of water.' And he gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs.

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[Judges 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.15/)

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וַתֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜וֹ הָֽבָה־לִּ֣י בְרָכָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֶ֤רֶץ הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ נְתַתָּ֔נִי וְנָתַתָּ֥ה לִ֖י גֻּלֹּ֣ת מָ֑יִם וַיִּתֶּן־לָ֣הּ כָּלֵ֗ב אֵ֚ת גֻּלֹּ֣ת עִלִּ֔ית וְאֵ֖ת גֻּלֹּ֥ת תַּחְתִּֽית׃פ

*Word for word:* and she.said to him give to me a.blessing (dm) the.land of the.Negev you have.given.to.me and you.will.give to me springs of.water and he.gave to her Caleb (et) springs upper and (et) springs lower

*JPS 1917:* And she said unto him: 'Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the Southland, give me therefore springs of water.' And Caleb gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs.

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