- עלא
- עֲלֵי, עֲלָאch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְעַלֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֶּה to be raised, exalted). Targ. Koh. 3:11 עולי ריגלאין (h. form) pilgrims to Jerusalem, v. preced. Af. אַעֲלֵי (v. preced. Hif. c) to balance; to estimate, value (corresp. to h. ערך). Targ. Job 28:17; 19. Targ. Y. Lev. 27:8; a. fr.Part. pass. מַעֲלֵי, v. infra. Ithpa. אִתְעַלֶּי, אִתְעַלָּא, Ithpe. אִתְעֲלָא 1) to be elevated, exalted. Targ. Ps. 47:10; a. e. 2) to be lifted up, be relieved of a burden. Targ. Prov. 19:19 כמא דמִתְעַלֵּיוכ׳ (ed. Lag. מַעֲלֵי, Pesh. מעלא) the more he is relieved, the more he adds to his burden (i. e. the more you attempt to quiet him, the angrier he gets; h. text כי אם תציל).(Ithpe. אִתְעֲלֵי to be carried in, v. עֲלַל.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.