*ʕVlVy/w-: 'be high' 1, 'rise' 2, 'cross' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕVlVy/w-
Meaning'be high' 1, 'rise' 2, 'cross' 3
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 426

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicʕly [-a-] 1, 2; ʕilliyy-at- 'upper chamber' (Lane 2125)Lane 2125
Mehriʕly 3
Jibbaliʿálé, fs ʿálét 1 (Rubin 2014 656)Rubin 2014 656gloss withheld
Akkadianelû 1
Ugariticʕly/w 1; /ʕilāyu/ 1 (UVST 160)UVST 160gloss withheld
Geezʕlw 2
Hebrewʕly/w 1; ʕlyn (DNWSI 855)DNWSI 855gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabianʕly 3; Sab ʿlyt 2 (SD 15)SD 15gloss withheld
Aramaicʕly/w 1 (CAL s.v. ʿly)CAL s.v. ʿly
GreekΕλιουν (Elioun) (Philo of Byblos; Semitic epithet ʿElyōn; OLA80 §29.36)OLA80 §29.36gloss withheld
Punicʿly; ʿlm 2 (Krahmalkov 368); ʿlm 2; Neo-Punic hyʿl 2 (Krahmalkov 370)Krahmalkov 368; Krahmalkov 370; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿlygloss withheld
Phoenicianʿly (T 244); yʿl 2; ʿlt 2 (Krahmalkov 370)T 244; Krahmalkov 370gloss withheld
Amoriteʿalijum, ʿalijatum, ʿalītum, ʿalija (Gelb AS 21, 15); ʾaʿalî (Buck 2019, 325)Gelb AS 21 15; Buck 2019, 325gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʿly (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 52); ʿlw; ʿly; ʿly (D) (Al-Jallad 2026, 14); ʾʿly; ʾʿl (Al-Jallad 2026, 15)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 52; Al-Jallad 2026 14; Al-Jallad 2026 15gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicʕillāyā (HALOT 1948 apud SEDonline 268)HALOT 1948; SEDonline 268gloss withheld
Soqotriʕíľi (LS 309–310; CSOL I 491; CSOL II 409 apud SEDonline 268); šáˁḷe (LS 309–310; SLOnline 26015)LS 309–310; SEDonline 268; SLOnline 26015gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʕlā 'raise, exalt; be exalted, excel' (Payne Smith 413)Payne Smith 413
Emar/ʿulat/ 1: name uʔ-la-ti-ᵈKUR /ʿulatī=Dagān/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 78)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 78gloss withheld

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Notes

The noun 'ascent, height; steps' is 3606. Cf. 1538 *ʕall- 'height, the above'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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