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. Ezra 3:8 וָמַ֔עְלָה va.Ma'.lah · Describes something

    Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Jehovah.

  2. Ezra 9:6 לְמַ֣עְלָה le.Ma'.lah · Describes something

    and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

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