Strong's Lexicon

H5944

H5944 — עֲלִיָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewaliyahnoun femOccurrences: 19TWOT: 1624f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5944
Word:	עֲלִיָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine from H5927
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	19
Transliteration:	aliyah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	`aliyah (al-ee-yaw') n-f.
Meaning:	1. something lofty, i.e. a stair-way 2. also a second-story room (or even one on the roof) 3. (figuratively) the sky
KJV Renderings:	ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6075

עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (c. adjective masculine Jer 22:14, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi
(1896), 83} Kö^{Synt. § 251 k}) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., ᵑ7 עֲלִיתָא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 3868] (whence Arabic [untranscribed source text 3869] dining-room as loan-word Frä^{20 f.}); Sabean עלית DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 27}); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute ׳ ע Judg 3:23; Judg 3:24; Judg 3:25 (compare Nes^{Marg. 13}), 1Kgs 17:19; 1Kgs 17:23; 2Kgs 4:11 construct עֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה Judg 3:20, קִֿיר ׳ ע 2Kgs 4:10 roof-chamber with walls (permanent); הַשַּׁעַר ׳ ע 2Sam 19:1, i.e. over the gateway; הַפִּנָּה ׳ ע Neh 3:31; Neh 3:32 i.e. at a corner of the wall; אָחָז ׳ ע 2Kgs 23:12 (probably built by A.); suffix עֲלִיָּתוֺ 2Kgs 1:2 (belonging to Ahaziah); — 2Chr 9:4 read עֹלֹתָיו (compare || 1Kgs 10:5); plural absolute עֲלִיּוֺת מְרֻוָּחִים Jer 22:14 spacious roof-chambers; in Solomon's temple according to 2Chr 3:9, so suffix עֲלִיּתָיו 1Chr 28:11 more generally עֲלִיּוֺתָיו Jer 22:13 ׳ י's chambers in sky Ps 104:3, containing rain, Ps 104:13.

BDB9767

[עֲלִי] noun feminine roof-chamber (compare Dr; Biblical Hebrew עֲלִיָּה ); — suffix עֲלִיתֵהּ Dan 6:11.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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