מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh · H4608 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences
Meanings
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a raised platform
A raised level surface on which people can stand
ExamplesNehemiah 9:4 Now on the Levites’ platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God.
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upper part
A reference to that part of an area that has the highest elevation
Examples2 Chronicles 32:33 So Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place.
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stairway
A set of fixed steps leading up to a higher area
ExamplesEzekiel 40:31 And its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps.
Ezekiel 40:34 Its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.
Ezekiel 40:37 And its side pillars were toward the outer courtyard; and palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.
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ascent
A road leading up a mountain
ExamplesJoshua 10:10 And the LORD brought them into confusion before Israel, and He struck them down in a great defeat at Gibeon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
1 Samuel 9:11 As they went up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water, and they said to them, “Is the seer here?”
2 Samuel 15:30 And David was going up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, and his head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his own head, and they were going up, weeping as they went.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
17 occurrences in 11 groups
- עַקְרָבscorpion 3
- הוּhis 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נֶגֶבsouth, the Negeb 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַעֲלָהstep, ascent 3
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גְּבוּלborder, territory 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 5 groups
- בin/on/with 11
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- לto/for 2
- מִןfrom 1
- נֹכַחin front of 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דֶּרֶךְway, road 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Constructions001003002
- This domain is not directly illustrated among the sampled border-description citations, which describe natural ascents rather than built structures; it likely reflects מַעֲלֶה's alternate "stairs" gloss elsewhere in its usage.
- Spatial Referents003002005
- מַעֲלֶה denotes an ascent or upward slope, a directional feature marking the course of a boundary line, as with the repeated "ascent of Akrabbim" in the tribal border descriptions.
- Buildings001003002001
- This domain is not directly illustrated among the sampled border-description citations; it likely reflects the "stairs" sense of מַעֲלֶה attested elsewhere in built structures such as a temple or palace.
- Roads001003002007
- מַעֲלֶה denotes a route of ascent, as with the way of the ascent to Beth-horon along which Israel pursues its defeated enemies.
- Names of Landforms003001008
- מַעֲלֶה denotes an ascent, a rising slope or hill used as a landform feature, illustrated at Numbers 34:4 ("the ascent of Akrabbim") and Joshua 15:3 ("it continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar").
Word family 21 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4608. maaleh מַעֲלֶה19 noun masculineIsa 15:5 ascent; — ׳מ Neh 12:37; construct מַעֲלֵה…
מַעֲלֶה19 noun masculineIsa 15:5 ascent; — ׳מ Neh 12:37; construct מַעֲלֵה Jos 10:10 Jos 10:14t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Eze 40:31, Eze 40:34, Eze 40:37;
1 ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sa 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Ch 32:33; ׳מִ הַזֵּיתִית 2Sa 15:30 (see זַיִת
3); ׳מ עַקְרַבִּים = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Jdg 1:36; Num 36:4; Jos 15:3 (both P), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea BuhlGeogr. 16. 66 Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: ׳מ אֲדֻמִים Jos 15:7; Jos 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm BuhlGeogr. 98.; see also חוֺרֹן בֵּית I. גּוּר, II. לוּחִית חֶרֶס,, II. ציץ.
2 of stairs Eze 40:31, Eze 40:34, Eze 40:37; to a wall Neh 12:27; הַלִּוִיִּם מַעֵלֵה Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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