The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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(l p01

In JBA as an independent word prothetic א _ w. doubling of the following consonant. Withe pron. suffixes, spelled in full in JBA aעלי , but can be אלי in JBAmb.

  1 upon, over Com. --(a) lit. Com. --(b) fig. Com.
  2 against, over against Com. --(a) by (in measurements) Gal. (a.1) see ˁl ḥd kmh wkmh Gal.
  3 toward, to Com. --(a) next to, alongside Com. (a.1) together with Com. (a.2) during (time period = Greek ἐπί) Palm, Nab, Hat, Jud. (a.3) in addition to JBA.
  4 about, concerning Com. --(a) for, on behalf of BA-Ez, Palm, Hat, ParthMA. --(b) according to JBA. (b.1) על ד : according to the opinion of Gal. --(c) w. pronominal suffixes : woe upon me, you etc. Man. --(d) because of BA-Ez, Qum. --(e) using, by means of (?) JBA. (e.1) with (as an alternative to b_ in adverbal constructions) CPA.
  5 of obligation: owed by, responsible for OA-East, OfAGen, PTA, Sam.
  6 governing the indirect obj. of verbal ideas in each of the various meanings Com.
  7 as the first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions, and adverbs Com. --(a) prepositions Com. --(b) conjunctions Com. --(c) adverbs Com.

(l@gby p01

ˁl gby, ˁl gb, ˀgb (ˁal gabbē, ˁal gaḇ) prep. upon

JBA normally אגב ; Mand agambia, aganbia.

  1 upon JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, JBA, Man, LJLA.
  2 next to Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. --(a) on the bank of (river, etc.) Gal. --(b) אגב אורחא : by the way, i.e., incidentally JBA.
  3 because of, on account of JBA. --(a) אגב ד : conj. : because, since JBA. --(b) as regards, with respect to Syr.
  4 adv. מסר נפש כעל גב : to risk one's life JLAtg.