ʿly

To ascend, become high, exalted.

1. aliyah, from Hebrew ʿălīyâ, ascent, from ʿālâ, to ascend.

2. shalom aleichem, from Hebrew ʿălêkem, to you, from ʿal, ʿălê, to, toward, upon (a preposition akin to ʿālâ, to ascend) + -kem, you (plural).

3. Eli, from Hebrew ʿēlî, exalted, probably short for a name meaning “God is exalted” or the like.

4. Enuma Elish (name of the Babylonian creation epic), from Akkadian enūma elîš, when on high (first words of the epic; enūma, when; see ywm), from elîš, above, on high, from elû, high, upper, verbal adjective of elû, to be high, tall + -iš, adverbial suffix.

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