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Definition: To ascend, become high, exalted. 1. aliyah, from Hebrew călīyâ, ascent, from cālâ, to ascend. 2. shalom aleichem, from Hebrew călêkem, to you, from cal, călê, to, toward, upon (a preposition akin to cālâ, to ascend) + -kem, you (plural). 3. Eli, from Hebrew cēlî, exalted, probably short for a name meaning «God is exalted» or the like. 4. Enuma Elish (name of the Babylonian creation epic), from Akkadian enūma elîš, when on high (first words of the epic; enūma, when; see ywm), from elîš, above, on high, from elû, high, upper, verbal adjective of elû, to be high, tall + -iš, adverbial suffix.

The American Heritage dictionary of the English language. 2015.

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