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. Isaiah 6:2 מִמַּ֙עַל֙ mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

  2. Isaiah 7:11 לְמָֽעְלָה׃ le.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

  3. Isaiah 8:21 לְמָֽעְלָה׃ le.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:

  4. Isaiah 14:13 מִמַּ֥עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

  5. Isaiah 37:31 לְמָֽעְלָה׃ le.Ma.'e.lah · Describes something

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

  6. Isaiah 45:8 מִמַּ֔עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

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