עֶלְיוֹן, uppermost, highest; most high. B. Mets. X, 2 הע׳ the owner of the upper story, v. מַעֲזִיבָה. Y. Bicc. II, 64ᵈ bot. (ref. to הקדש, Deut. XXVI, 13) הקודש הע׳ במשמע if refers to the sacred matter mentioned above (first-fruits, ib. 2, sq.). Maasr. V, 8 זרע לוף הע׳ the seed- capsules on the tops of lof (v. לוֹף), expl. Y. ib. 52ᵃ bot., v. סָלַל I; a. fr.—Fem. עֶלְיוֹנָה. Tanḥ. Tsav 1 (play on עוֹלָה) שהיא ע׳ וכ׳ it is the highest of all sacrifices. B. Bath. 64ᵃ דיוטא הע׳ the upper story. B. Mets. 77ᵇ יד לוקח על הע׳ the buyer is at an advantage, has the choice between annulling and insisting on the bargain, opp. על התחתונה, v. יָד.—Lev. R. s. 24, beg. (ref. to Ps. XCII, 9) לעולם ידך בע׳ thy power is always uppermost, i.e. is always submitted to, whether thou blessest or punishest; Yalk. Ps. 843 על הע׳; Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵇ על הע׳, לע׳; a. fr.—Pl. עֶלְיוֹנִים, עֶלְיוֹנִין; f. עֶלְיוֹנוֹת. Ib. 14ᵃ top המים הע׳ the waters from above the earth; a. fr.—Esp. עליונים heavenly creatures, angels. Lev. R. s. 9 בראשון ברא מן הע׳ וכ׳ on the first he created heavenly and earthly things &c.; בראו מן הע׳ וכ׳ he created man so as to make him partake of the nature of the upper creatures and of that of the lower; a. fr.