"על" meaning in Hebrew

See על in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /al/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], [ʔäl] [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /al/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ʔɑɫ] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ʕal/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [ʕal] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ŋal/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [ŋal] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʕal/ [Biblical-Hebrew, Tiberian-Hebrew], [ʕal] [Biblical-Hebrew, Tiberian-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-על.wav Forms: עַל [canonical], ál [romanization]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*ʕalay-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-, {{inh+|he|sem-pro|*ʕalay-}} Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- Head templates: {{he-prefix|tr=ál|wv=עַל}} עַל • (ál)
  1. Super-: above; more than; larger than. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-על-he-prefix-1Y8pTMY6 Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 0 20 39 0 0 0 27 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 0 12 60 0 0 0 17 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 12 61 0 0 0 17 10 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 52 0 0 0 16 32

Preposition

IPA: /al/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], [ʔäl] [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /al/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ʔɑɫ] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ʕal/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [ʕal] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ŋal/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [ŋal] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʕal/ [Biblical-Hebrew, Tiberian-Hebrew], [ʕal] [Biblical-Hebrew, Tiberian-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-על.wav
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*ʕalay-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-, {{inh+|he|sem-pro|*ʕalay-}} Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- Head templates: {{he-prep|tr=al|wv=עַל}} עַל • (al) Forms: עַל [canonical], al [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], עַל [error-unrecognized-form], עליי [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], עָלַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], עָלֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], עָלֶיךָ [masculine, second-person, singular], עלייך [feminine, second-person, singular], עָלַיִךְ [feminine, second-person, singular], עֲלֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, second-person], עֲלֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, second-person], עָלָיו [masculine, singular, third-person], עָלֶיהָ [feminine, singular, third-person], עֲלֵיהֶם [masculine, plural, third-person], עֲלֵיהֶן [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. (literally) on, on top of Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-על-he-prep-gFD9SfhO
  2. (figuratively) on Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-על-he-prep-uNMehScl
  3. about
    Sense id: en-על-he-prep-pCYuHJvL
  4. (formal) must [with enclitic pronoun and ל־ (l') ‘to’] Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-על-he-prep-QTewHhOV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: עַל כֵּן (al ken), עַל פִּי (al pi)

Suffix

IPA: /al/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], [ʔäl] [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /al/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ʔɑɫ] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ʕal/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [ʕal] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ŋal/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [ŋal] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʕal/ [Biblical-Hebrew, Tiberian-Hebrew], [ʕal] [Biblical-Hebrew, Tiberian-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-על.wav Forms: עַל [canonical], ál [romanization]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*ʕalay-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-, {{inh+|he|sem-pro|*ʕalay-}} Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- Head templates: {{he-suffix|tr=ál|wv=עַל}} עַל • (ál)
  1. Alternative form of the prefix; see above. Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: the prefix (extra: see above)
    Sense id: en-על-he-suffix-tJzNB8cp Categories (other): Hebrew prepositions Disambiguation of Hebrew prepositions: 17 17 13 13 15 26

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "al ken",
      "word": "עַל כֵּן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "al pi",
      "word": "עַל פִּי"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʕalay-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʕalay-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "עַל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "al",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עַל",
      "roman": "al",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עליי",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עָלַי",
      "roman": "alái",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עָלֵינוּ",
      "roman": "alénu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עָלֶיךָ",
      "roman": "alékha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עלייך",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עָלַיִךְ",
      "roman": "aláyikh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עֲלֵיכֶם",
      "roman": "alekhém",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עֲלֵיכֶן",
      "roman": "alekhén",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עָלָיו",
      "roman": "aláv",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עָלֶיהָ",
      "roman": "aléha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עֲלֵיהֶם",
      "roman": "alehém",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "עֲלֵיהֶן",
      "roman": "alehén",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "al",
        "wv": "עַל"
      },
      "expansion": "עַל • (al)",
      "name": "he-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              11
            ],
            [
              25,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm standing on the walls of Jerusalem.",
          "roman": "aní oméd al khomót yerushaláyim.",
          "text": "אני עומד על חומות ירושלים.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on, on top of"
      ],
      "id": "en-על-he-prep-gFD9SfhO",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "on top of",
          "on top of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) on, on top of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "on"
      ],
      "id": "en-על-he-prep-uNMehScl",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) on"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What are y'all talking about?",
          "literal_meaning": "About what you [all] [are] talking?",
          "roman": "al ma atém medabrím?",
          "text": "על מה אתם מדברים?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about"
      ],
      "id": "en-על-he-prep-pCYuHJvL",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You must turn the test in in 3 hours.",
          "roman": "alekhém lehagish et ha mivkhán tokh shalosh sha'ót.",
          "text": "עליכם להגיש את המבחן תוך שלוש שעות.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We must praise the master of all\n(literally, “It is upon us to praise the master of all”)",
          "ref": "c. 3rd century, \"Alenu leshabeach\"",
          "roman": "alénu l'shabéach la'adón hakól",
          "text": "עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ לַאֲדוֹן הַכֹּל",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "must"
      ],
      "id": "en-על-he-prep-QTewHhOV",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "enclitic pronoun + :ל־\n<t:to>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with enclitic pronoun and ל־ (l') ‘to’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "enclitic",
              "pronoun",
              "and",
              "ל־",
              "(l')",
              "‘to’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) must [with enclitic pronoun and ל־ (l') ‘to’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/al/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäl]",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʕal/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʕal]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋal/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋal]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʕal/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʕal]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-על.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "word": "על"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "sub-",
      "roman": "tát-",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “super-”",
      "word": "תת־"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʕalay-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʕalay-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "עַל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ál",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "ál",
        "wv": "עַל"
      },
      "expansion": "עַל • (ál)",
      "name": "he-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 20 39 0 0 0 27 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 12 60 0 0 0 17 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 12 61 0 0 0 17 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 0 0 0 16 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpakhá, “family”) → עַל־מִשְׁפָּחָה (ál-mishpakhá, “superfamily”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "יַבֶּשֶׁת (yabéshet, “continent”) → יַבֶּשֶׁת־עַל (yabéshet-ál, “supercontinent”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "טִבְעִי (tiv'í, “natural”) → עַל־טִבְעִי (ál-tiv'í, “supernatural”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Super-: above; more than; larger than."
      ],
      "id": "en-על-he-prefix-1Y8pTMY6",
      "links": [
        [
          "Super-",
          "super-"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/al/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäl]",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʕal/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʕal]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋal/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋal]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʕal/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʕal]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-על.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "word": "על"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʕalay-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʕalay-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕalay-.",
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    {
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      "ipa": "/ʕal/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʕal]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋal/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋal]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʕal/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʕal]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-על.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A2%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A2%D7%9C.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A2%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%A2%D7%9C.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
  "word": "על"
}

Download raw JSONL data for על meaning in Hebrew (11.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: על/Hebrew 'base form' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "על"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "על",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: על/Hebrew 'Personal-pronoun- including forms' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "על"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "על",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: על/Hebrew 'Personal-pronoun- including forms' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "על"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "על",
  "trace": ""
}

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