מַ֫עַל

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from עָלָה; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Samuel 9:2 וָמַ֔עְלָה va.Ma'.lah · Describes something

   And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a young man and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

2. 1 Samuel 10:23 וָמָֽעְלָה׃ va.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

   And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

3. 1 Samuel 16:13 וָמָ֑עְלָה va.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

   Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

4. 1 Samuel 30:25 וָמָ֑עְלָה va.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

   And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

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