עִלַּי
ʻillay · il-lah'-ee
supreme (i.e. God)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5942 (עִלִּי);
supreme (i.e. God)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works
To see and know of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עִלַּי 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that the most high4 · 40%
- the most high3 · 30%
- of the most high2 · 20%
- that the high1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel10
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.