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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

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

Every occurrence

  1. Proverbs 8:28 מִמָּ֑עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

  2. Proverbs 15:24 לְמַ֣עְלָה le.Ma'.lah · Describes something

    To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

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