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title: עֶלְיוֹן — high · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶלְיוֹן (5945), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: high. BDB 1906: adj. high. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶלְיוֹן

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«עֶלְיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **high** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 5945 · **BDB:** עֶלְיוֹן

### Glosses

upper (16); most.high (5); \[story\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

high [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5945/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. high [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5945/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. high;—ms. ע׳ Dt 26:19; 28:1; 1 K 9:8 (? reading הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה הָע׳ as 𝔊L Benz) = 2 Ch 7:21, of י׳ ψ 97:9. upper Bethhoron, ע׳ Jos 16:5 העליון 1 Ch 7:24; 2 Ch 8:5, the upper (opp. lower), of house Ne 3:25; cf. 2 K 15:35; 2 Ch 23:20 + 5 times, + Gn 40:17 (uppermost basket); fs. הָעֶלְיוֹנָה the upper pool 2 K 18:17 = Is 36:2; Is 7:3; the highest side-chamber (צֵלָע) Ez 41:7; fpl. הָעֶלְיוֹנֹת 42:5 the upper chambers (לְשָׁכוֹת). of Davidic king exalted above monarchs ψ 89:28 (cf. Dt 28:1, supr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶלְיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5945/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.28/)

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אַף־אָ֭נִי בְּכ֣וֹר אֶתְּנֵ֑הוּ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* also I firstborn I will.make.him most.high to.\[the\] kings of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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[2 Chronicles 27:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.27.3/)

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ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת הָעֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* he he.built (et) the.gate of.the.house of.Yahweh (the) upper and on the.wall of.(the) Ophel he.built to abundance

*JPS 1917:* He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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