עליון

עֶלְיוֹןm. (b. h.; עָלָה) uppermost, highest; most high. B. Mets. X, 2 הע׳ the owner of the upper story, v. מַעֲזִיבָה. Y.Bicc.II, 64d bot. (ref. to הקדש, Deut. 26:13) הקודש הע׳ במשמע if refers to the sacred matter mentioned above (first-fruits, ib. 2, sq.). Maasr. V, 8 זרע לוף הע׳ the seed-capsules on the tops of lof (v. לוֹף), expl. Y. ib. 52a bot., v. סָלַל I; a. fr.Fem. עֶלְיוֹנָה. Tanḥ. Tsav 1 (play on עוֹלָה) שהיא ע׳וכ׳ it is the highest of all sacrifices. B. Bath.64a דיוטא הע׳ the upper story. B. Mets.77b יד לוקח על הע׳ the buyer is at an advantage, has the choice between annulling and insisting on the bargain, opp. על התחתונה, v. יָד.Lev. R. s. 24, beg. (ref. to Ps. 92:9) לעולם ידך בע׳ thy power is always uppermost, i. e. is always submitted to, whether thou blessest or punishest; Yalk. Ps. 843 על הע׳; Y.Ber.IX, 14b על הע׳, לע׳; a. fr.Pl. עֶלְיוֹנִים, עֶלְיוֹנִין; f. עֶלְיוֹנוֹת. Ib. 14a top המים הע׳ the waters from above the earth; a. fr.Esp. עליונים heavenly creatures, angels. Lev. R. s. 9 בראשון ברא מן הע׳וכ׳ on the first he created heavenly and earthly things ; בראו מן הע׳וכ׳ he created man so as to make him partake of the nature of the upper creatures and of that of the lower; a. fr.