Of the
ground, or
basis, on which a thing is done, as
Breishis 24:9 על הדבר הזה,
Vayikra 7:12 if he offers it
עַל תּוֹדָה on the ground of a thanksgiving,
Bamidbar 6:21 עַל נִזְרוֹ, v b
Yechezkel 16:15;
Yechezkel 28:17;
Daniel 8:25 עַל שִׂכְלוֹ,
Daniel 9:18 על צדקותינו (with
عَلَى this use is extended so as to denote explicitly
on condition of). Hence (
a) the basis being conceived as
regulative,
על comes to denote the
norm or
standard (compare Germ. ‘
auf die Art’; W
AG ii. § 59 i): the transition may be seen in a passage like
Shemos 24:8 the covenant which
י׳ made with you
on the basis of (על), or
in agreement with, all these words (compare על פי
Shemos 34:27),
Bamidbar 35:24 על המשׁפטים האלה,
Devarim 17:11;
Yirmiya 30:18 the palace shall sit (that is be inhabited: see
ישׁב)
עַל מִשְׁפָּטוֹ in accordance with its manner,
Tehillim 94:20 who frames mischief
עֲלֵי־חֹק in accordance with a law,
על פי …
according to the mouth (that is command,
Breishis 45:21 + often, evidence
Devarim 17:6;
Devarim 19:15, sentence
Devarim 21:5) of …;
עַל שֵׁם …
according to the name of … (mostly with
call, be called)
Breishis 48:6;
Shemos 28:21;
Shmuel Beis 18:18 +, compare
Divrei HaYamim Alef 23:14;
Shemos 6:26;
Shemos 12:51 עַל צִבְאֹתָם according to their hosts (usually
לְ),
Bamidbar 1:18 על משׁפחתם (usually
לְ), v
Bamidbar 1:52 Bamidbar 2:2,
Bamidbar 2:34;
Bamidbar 7:3 (‖
ל),
Devarim 18:8 (probably);
עַל יְדֵי according to the hands (direction) of
Yirmiya 5:31;
Yirmiya 33:13 and elsewhere (see p. 391 b);
Tehillim 110:4 עַל דִּבְרָתִי מ׳ after the manner of M.;
Mishlei 25:11 (probably) a word spoken
עַל אָפְנָיו in accordance with its circumstances = appositely; of the tune
according to which a song is to be sung (Revised Version.
set to)
Tehillim 6:1 (
Divrei HaYamim Alef 15:21),
Tehillim 8:1;
Tehillim 9:1;
Tehillim 12:1;
Tehillim 45:1;
Tehillim 46:1 (
Divrei HaYamim Alef 15:20)
עַל־עֲלָמוֹת (perhaps, however,
in the manner of maidens = for ‘sopranos’),
Tehillim 53:1;
Tehillim 56:1;
Tehillim 60:1;
Tehillim 69:1;
Tehillim 81:1;
Tehillim 84:1;
Tehillim 88:1 (compare in Syriac
ܥܰܠ ܩܳܠܴܐ ܕ). (
b) The basis being conceived as involving the
ground,
על denotes the cause or reason,
on account of, because of,
Breishis 20:3 lo thou shalt die
עַל הָאִשָּׁה on account of the woman,
Breishis 21:12;
Breishis 26:7,
Breishis 26:9;
Breishis 27:41;
Breishis 42:21;
Vayikra 4:3,
Vayikra 4:28;
Vayikra 5:18;
Vayikra 19:17;
Vayikra 26:18,
Vayikra 26:24,
Vayikra 26:28;
Devarim 9:18;
Devarim 24:16 fathers shall not be put to death
על־בנים on account of children,
Devarim 31:18;
Yehoshua 9:20;
Yirmiya 1:16;
Yirmiya 5:9;
Yechezkel 18:26 עליהם (‖
Yechezkel 33:18 בָּהֶם),
Mishlei 28:21 Tehillim 39:12;
Tehillim 50:8 + often;
Tehillim 44:23 עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ on thy account are we slain all the day,
Tehillim 69:8;
Yirmiya 15:15; in the phrases
עַל דְּבַר …,
עַל אוֹדוֹת,
עַל זֹאת and
עַל זֶה on this
account,
עַל מָה on what
account? עַל־כֵּן =
therefore (see
דָּבָר,
אוֹדָה, etc.); before an inf., as
Shemos 17:7 וְעַל נַסּוֹתָם אֶת־י׳ and
on account of their trying
י׳,
Amos 1:3 עַל דּוּשָׁם on account of their threshing = because they threshed, v
Amos 1:6,
Amos 1:9,
Amos 1:11,
Amos 1:13, etc.,
Yirmiya 2:35 עַל אָמְרֵךֶ because of thy saying,
Yirmiya 9:12;
Yirmiya 16:18 +; and as a conjunction both with and without
אֲשֶׁר or
כִּי (see below
III). And so often of the ground or cause of fear, grief, delight, or other emotions, for example
Shemos 18:9;
Shemos 32:14 (
נִחַם repent: so often),
Shmuel Alef 4:13;
Shmuel Alef 30:6;
Shmuel Beis 1:26;
Shmuel Beis 3:8;
Melachim Alef 21:4;
Melachim Beis 6:11;
Yirmiya 10:19 Amos 6:6. (
c) Somewhat more strongly,
on behalf of, for the sake of,
Breishis 19:17 escape
על נפשׁך for thy life;
Shoftim 9:17;
Melachim Beis 10:3 נִלְחַם עַל (usually
ל);
Melachim Alef 2:18 I will speak
on thy behalf to the king, v
Melachim Alef 2:19 (
Melachim Beis 4:13 לְ);
Esther 4:16;
Esther 4:8;
Esther 7:7;
Esther 8:11;
Esther 9:16;
Daniel 12:1 עמד על stand up (in late Hebrew)
on behalf of; התפלל על intercede
for (usually
בעד)
Iyov 42:8;
Nechemia 1:6;
Divrei HaYamim Beis 30:18;
Divrei HaYamim Beis 29:21 Ezra 8:35; and very often with
כִּפֶּר (q.see) make atonement
for. (Not very common with other verbs.) (
d) Sometimes it acquires almost a final force,
for; Shemos 12:4;
Shemos 29:36;
Shemos 30:16;
Devarim 27:13 these shall stand
עַל־הַקְּלָלָה (‖ v
Devarim 27:12 לְבָרֵךְ),
Tehillim 89:48 עַל־מַה־שָּׁוְא בָּרָאתָ כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָם unto what vanity hast thou created, etc.!
Mishlei 29:5;
Divrei HaYamim Beis 23:18;
Koheles 3:17. (
e) Of a
condition, or
attendant circumstances (rare; so
عَلَى, W
AG ii. § 59 e):
Tehillim 50:5 עֲלֵי זָ֑נַח ׃ upon, with sacrifice,
Tehillim 92:4 עֲלֵי עָשׂוֹר וגו׳ with a ten-stringed instr.,
with a harp,
with sounding music on a lyre;
עַל רִיב upon occasion of a lawsuit
Shemos 23:2;
Yechezkel 44:24,
עַל יוֹם טוֹב Shmuel Alef 25:8 (compare
عَلَى حِينِ at a time of … Qor 28:14),
Nechemia 12:22 (? read
עַד BeRy),
Yeshaya 18:4 כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי אוֹר at time of sunshine,
Yeshaya 64:11 עַל אֵלֶּה,
Yirmiya 8:18 עֲלֵי יָגוֹן at time of sorrow,
Yirmiya 16:7 (but Giesebrecht
עַל אָבֵל to): with abstr. substs. to form a periphr. for adverbs,
Vayikra 5:22 and swear
עַל שֶׁקֶר upon falseness = falsely,
Yirmiya 6:14 =
Yirmiya 8:11 to heal a wound
עַל נְקַלָּה lightly, easily,
Tehillim 31:24 עַל יֶתֶר =
abundantly,
Yeshaya 60:7 עַל רָצוֹן =
acceptably (compare
عَلَى لَذَّةٍ =
with delight). (
f) It hence acquires the force of
in spite of, notwithstanding (so
عَلَى, W
AG ii. § 59 h),
Iyov 10:7 עַל דַּעְתְּךָ in spite of thy knowing,
Iyov 34:6 על משׁפטי notwithstanding my right I am to be a liar (Dillmann De Davidson Revised Version: otherwise Hitzig Revised Version
m). compare below,
III c b. (
g)
Upon, concerning, with vbs. of speaking, as
דִּבֶּר Shoftim 9:3;
Melachim Alef 5:13,
אָמַר Yirmiya 16:3;
Yirmiya 27:19 (‖
אל)
Yirmiya 33:4, hearing
Breishis 41:15 שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ I have heard
concerning thee, saying, etc.,
Melachim Alef 10:6;
Yeshaya 37:9 (‖
Melachim Beis 19:9 אל), disputing
Breishis 26:21, telling
Shmuel Alef 27:11;
Yoel 1:3, commanding
Shmuel Beis 14:8;
Melachim Alef 11:10, being vexed
Melachim Alef 21:4;
Melachim Beis 6:11, crying
Melachim Beis 8:5, confessing
Tehillim 32:5 Nechemia 1:6; of the object of a prophecy or vision
Melachim Alef 22:8;
Yeshaya 1:1;
Yeshaya 2:1; and often with similar verbs. (
h) In a somewhat weaker sense,
in the matter of, as regards,
Breishis 41:32 וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֹת הַחֲלוֹם,
Shemos 22:8;
Rus 4:7;
Vayikra 5:22,
Vayikra 5:26;
Daniel 9:14;
Nechemia 9:33;
חָטָא עַל Vayikra 4:14 (‖
בָּהּ v
Vayikra 4:23, cogn. direct object v
Vayikra 4:28),
Vayikra 5:5;
Bamidbar 6:11;
Nechemia 13:26; …
עַל־דְּבַר in the matter of,
Bamidbar 25:18;
Bamidbar 31:16.