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(l p01
ˁl (ˁal) prep. upon; against; to
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.

mTwl p01
mṭwl (meṭṭūl) prep. on account of, because of
With pron. suffixes: ܡܛܠܬ ; in Palm. always and in Syriac usually defectively written. Also, often written as a compound with a following demonstrative, e.g. ܡܛܘܠܗܢܐ , etc.; for the Babylonian form see s.v. ˀmṭwl.

  1 on account of, because of Palm, PTA, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA. --(a) ܡܛܘܠ ܗܢܐ : therefore Syr. --(b) ܡܛܘܠ ܡܢܐ : why? Syr.
  2 about, concerning Syr.
  3 w. ל +inf. : in order to PTA.