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. Job 3:4 מִמָּ֑עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

  2. Job 18:16 וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל u.mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

  3. Job 31:2 מִמָּ֑עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

  4. Job 31:28 מִמָּֽעַל׃ mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

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