H5920 עַל (ʻal) al

עַל (al) — Most High.

Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

עַל (al) — height. subst 1) height adv 2) above, upwards, on high

עַל, עָ֑ל subst. height

As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed — of clothing, etc., which any one wears

With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him

חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

It expresses excess

It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

It expresses addition

It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

With other particles:

As conj. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

עַל alone: because

notwithstanding that, although

Compounds: with כְּ (rare and late) as concerning, as upon

the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

base