Vocabulary
עַל
on, on top of; on; about; must; by (used to separate dimensions, when describing the size of something.)
Preposition
עָלָה
To ascend, rise, go up; to move from a point to a higher point.; To cost.; To grow.; To rise in standing; to progress in a social or other figurative ladder.; To develop.; To mount (a horse), to board (a plane), to enter (a street via a junction), etc.; To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.; To come, appear, show up, arrive.; synonym of עלה לרגל (make pilgrimage, visit a holy site); To depart for battle.
Pa'al verb
עֶלְיוֹן
topmost, upper, uppermost (the most high); super, superior, supreme, superb, predominant, over (highest in rank)
Adjective
עֲלִיָּה
ascent, ascending, going up; rise.; aliyah (the calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah); aliyah (the immigration of Jews to Israel); atrium (upper cavity of the heart)
Feminine noun
עֲלָטָה
darkness; gloom; blackout (a large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers and therefore darkness)
Feminine noun
עֲלֵה תְּאֵנָה
A fig leaf: a leaf of the fig plant.; A fig leaf: something intended to conceal something offensive; especially, something that is insufficient for this purpose.
Masculine noun
עֲלִילַת דָּם
blood libel (the false, anti-Semitic accusation that Jews abduct and murder non-Jewish children to use their blood for their religious rituals and holidays)
Feminine noun
עַל רֹאשׁ הַ גַּנָּב בּוֹעֵר הַ כּוֹבַע
A person who does bad is aware of the wrongness in their actions, and therefore will show signs. (Literally "on the head of the thief the hat burns.")
Proverb
על טעם וריח אין להתווכח
Tastes differ, so arguing about them is pointless. (Literally, “On taste and smell there is no [reason] to argue”.)
Proverb