BDB6081
I. [מַעֲלָה] noun feminine what comes up; — plural construct מַעֲלוֺת רוּחֲכֶם Ezek 11:5, i.e. your thoughts.
Strong's Lexicon
H4609
H4609 — מַעֲלָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4609 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מַעֲלָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | feminine of H4608 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 50 |
| Transliteration: | ma`alah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mah-al-aw' |
| Meaning: | 1. elevation 2. (literally, the act) a journey to a higher place 3. (figuratively, the act) a thought arising 4. (literally, the condition) a step or grade-mark 5. (figuratively, the condition) a superiority of station 6. (specifically) a climactic progression (in certain Psalms) |
| KJV Renderings: | things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story. |
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BDB6082
II. מַעֲלָה46 noun feminine step, stair; — ׳ מ Ezra 7:9; 1Chr 17:17 plural מַעֲלוֺת Isa 38:8 +, suffix מַעֲלֹתָו֯ Amos 9:6, etc.; —
1.
step, stair
of temple
Ezek 40:6 + 5 t.
40, and temple porch Ezek 40:49 of altar Exod 20:26 (
E
) (forbidden, compare RSOTJC xii, n. l; 2nd ed. 358)
Ezek 43:17
(prescribed); of house 2Kgs 9:13, of throne 1Kgs 10:19; 1Kgs 10:20; 2Chr 9:18; 2Chr 9:19 to the city of David
Neh 3:15; Neh 12:37.
2.
steps (forming sun-dial, compare DiIs) 2Kgs 20:9
(twice in verse);
2Kgs 20:10 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 20:11 (3 t. in verse) = Isa 38:8 (5 t.
in verse)
3.
stories
of heaven
Amos 9:6.
4.
ascent, מִבָּבֶל
Ezra 7:9.
5. (ל)הַמַּעֲלוֺת
שִׁיר song of ascents, to the three great pilgrim feasts, i.e. to be sung on way up to
Jerusalem, titles of Psalms 120-134 + Ps 84:6
We and others — כְּתוֺר האדם המעלה
1Chr 17:17
is corrupt, see Commentaries on the passage (and on || 2Sam 7:19).
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מעלה (mah-zalah’)
Exodus 20:26
- KJV: Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
- EHCC: Neither shalt thou go up by steps |
1 Kings 10:19
- KJV: The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereofstays: Heb. hands
- EHCC: The throne had tix oteph, Pos
1 Kings 20:0
- EHCC: n the other upon the six steps:
2 Kings 9:18
- KJV: So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
- EHCC: 0n the top of the stairs,
2 Kings 20:9
- KJV: And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
- EHCC: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees,
2 Chronicles 9:18
- KJV: And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:stays: Heb. hands
- EHCC: (there were) six steps to the throne,
Nehemiah 3:15
- KJV: But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
- EHCC: the tee Oo down from the city
Nehemiah 12:87
- EHCC: the stairs of the city of David,
Nehemiah 40:6
- EHCC: and went up the stairs thereof,
Nehemiah 43:17
- EHCC: and his stairs shall look to the east.
Amos 9:6
- KJV: It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.stories: or, spheres: Heb. ascensionstroop: or, bundle
- EHCC: he that buildeth Ais stories in the heaven,