See מעל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to embezzle, misappropriate"
],
"links": [
[
"embezzle",
"embezzle"
],
[
"misappropriate",
"misappropriate"
]
],
"tags": [
"construction-pa'al"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"he:Judaism"
],
"glosses": [
"to commit sacrilege, steal something from the Temple in Jerusalem, use sacred property for personal use"
],
"links": [
[
"Judaism",
"Judaism"
],
[
"sacrilege",
"sacrilege"
],
[
"steal",
"steal"
],
[
"Temple in Jerusalem",
"Temple in Jerusalem"
],
[
"sacred",
"sacred"
],
[
"personal",
"personal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Judaism) to commit sacrilege, steal something from the Temple in Jerusalem, use sacred property for personal use"
],
"tags": [
"Judaism",
"construction-pa'al"
]
}
],
"word": "מעל"
}
Download raw JSONL data for מעל meaning in Hebrew (7.0kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
"path": [
"מעל"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "מעל",
"trace": ""
}
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