עַל
ʻal · al
properly, the top; specifically, the highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5927 (עָלָה);
properly, the top; specifically, the highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
- properly, the top
- specifically, the highest (i.e. God)
- also, (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: above, high, most High.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads
To see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from above2 · 33%
- above1 · 17%
- on high1 · 17%
- but not to the most high1 · 17%
- them to the most high1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.