HebrewH5942Adjective
עִלִּי
il.li
“upper”
2Occurrences
H5942Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
high; i.e. comparative
from H5927 (עָלָה);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
upper
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Adjective
Morphology Code
H:A
Full Description
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
עִלִּי appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Judges
1
Joshua
1
Key Passages
Judges 1:15BSB
“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.”So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Joshua 15:19BSB
“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.”So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.