עֱלִיʻĕlîy

pestle, (as rising before the blow) (Proverbs 27:22)

Pronunciation: el-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5940

Same root

עָלָהʻâlâh · H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Proverbs 27:22 You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).