מַ֫עַל

ma.al · above

Hebrew · Strong's H4605 · Adjective · Sounds like: mah'al · 140 occurrences

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.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַ֫עַל 140 subst., higher part, only in adv. and prep. phrases, above, upward

Every occurrence

  1. Exodus 20:4 מִמַּ֡֔עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

  2. Exodus 25:20 לְמַ֗עְלָה le.Ma'.lah · Describes something

    And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

  3. Exodus 25:21 מִלְמָ֑עְלָה mil.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

  4. Exodus 26:14 מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ פ mil.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

  5. Exodus 28:27 מִמַּ֕עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

  6. Exodus 30:14 וָמָ֑עְלָה va.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.

  7. Exodus 36:19 מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ ס mil.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

  8. Exodus 37:9 לְמַ֗עְלָה le.Ma'.lah · Describes something

    And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

  9. Exodus 38:26 וָמַ֔עְלָה va.Ma'.lah · Describes something

    a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

  10. Exodus 39:20 מִמַּ֕עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

  11. Exodus 39:31 מִלְמָ֑עְלָה mil.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  12. Exodus 40:19 מִלְמָ֑עְלָה mil.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  13. Exodus 40:20 מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ mil.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:

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