עֲלִיָּה
ʻălîyâh · H5944 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences
Thing
- Upper room, roof chamberRoom29 verses
Meanings
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upper room, roof chamber
A room built on the roof of a house or city wall, where it is usually relatively cool in the hot season as a result of the breeze
ExamplesJudges 3:20 Then Ehud came to him while he was sitting in his cool roof chamber alone. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And he got up from his seat.
Judges 3:23 Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.
Judges 3:24 When he had left, the king’s servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, “Undoubtedly he is relieving himself in the cool room.”
How it’s used In 5 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
12 occurrences in 6 groups
- הוּhis 6
- פִּנָּהcorner 2
- אָחָזAhaz 1
- מְקֵרָהcool 1
- קִירwall 1
- שַׁעַרgate 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
- עָלָהto go up 1
- קָטָןsmall 1
- רָוַחto smell 1
- שֹׁמְרוֹןSamaria 1
- וֹhim 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- בָּנָהto build, to rebuild, to establish 1
- חָפָהto cover 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- קָרָהto happen 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- אֵלto, toward 4
- מִןfrom 4
- בin/on/with 3
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- עַדto, as far as, until 1
- בֵּיןbetween, among 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- דֶּלֶתdoor 3
- גָּגroof 1
- תַּבְנִיתpattern, likeness, form 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- ὑπερῷον hyperōion · G5253 · upstairs room
- Greek ὑπερῷον specifically denotes an upper-story room or apartment (third-story chamber), directly rendering the Hebrew עֲלִיָּה's sense of 'upper chamber' or 'loft' in architectural contexts where vertical elevation is the defining feature.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Buildings001003002001
- עֲלִיָּה denotes an upper chamber or roof loft, as in Judges 3:23's "the roof chamber" and 2 Kings 4:10's "small, walled upper chamber."
Word family 21 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5944. aliyyah עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (c. adjective masculine Jer 22:14, compare AlbrZAW…
עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (c. adjective masculine Jer 22:14, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 83 KöSynt. § 251 k) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., עֲלִיתָא ᵑ7, Syriac (whence Arabic dining-room as loan-word Frä20f.); Sabean עלית DHMEpigr. Denkm. 27); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute ׳ע Jdg 3:23-24, Jdg 3:25 (compare NesMarg. 13), 1Ki 17:19, 1Ki 17:23; 2Ki 4:11; construct הַמְּקֵרָה עֲלִיַּת Jdg 3:20, קִֿיר׳ע 2Ki 4:10 roof-chamber with walls (permanent); ׳ע הַשַּׁעַר 2Sa 19:1, i.e. over the gateway; ׳ע הַמִּנָּה Neh 3:31-32, i.e. at a corner of the wall; ׳ע אָחָז 2Ki 23:12 (probably built by A.); suffix עֲלִיָּתוֺ 2Ki 1:2 (belonging to Ahaziah); — 2Ch 9:4 read עֹלֹתָיו (compare || 1Ki 10:5); plural absolute מְרֻוָּחִים עֲלִיּוֺת Jer 22:14 spacious roof-chambers; in Solomon's temple according to 2Ch 3:9, so suffix עֲלִיּתָיו 1Ch 28:11; more Generally עֲלִיּוֺתָיו Jer 22:13; ׳י's chambers in sky Psa 104:3, containing rain, Psa 104:13.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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