`al

H5921a עַל , עָ֑ל . As prep . upon , and hence on the ground of , according to , on account of , on behalf of , concerning , beside , in addition to , together with , beyond , above , over , by , on to , towards , to , against . Upon , of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed . — . of clothing , etc., which any one wears . With verbs of covering or protecting , even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it . Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him . Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him . על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him . חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support) . Of the ground or basis , on which a thing is done . It expresses excess . It denotes elevation or pre-eminence . It expresses addition . It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above , over . From the sense of inclining or impending over , על comes to denote contiguity or proximity , Engl. by (or sts. on ) . In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.) . By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative . With other particles: . As conj . . עַל אֲשֶׁר because that . עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent . עַל alone: . because . notwithstanding that , although . Compounds: . with כְּ (rare and late) . as concerning , as upon . the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay . מֵעַל from upon , from over , from by H5921b כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as