H5921aעַל, עָ֑ל
II . As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1 . Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed
a . —
(a) . of clothing, etc., which any one wears
(b) . With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it
b . Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him
c . Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him
d . על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him
e . חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)
f . Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done
2 . It expresses excess
3 . It denotes elevation or pre-eminence
4 . It expresses addition
5 . It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over
6 . From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)
7 . In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)
8 . By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative
9 . With other particles:
III . As conj.
a . עַל אֲשֶׁרbecause that
b . עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent
c . עַל alone:
(a) . because
(b) . notwithstanding that, although
IV . Compounds:
1 . with כְּ (rare and late)
a . as concerning, as upon
b . the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay
2 . מֵעַלfrom upon, from over, from by
H5921bכִּי עַל כֵּןforasmuch as