מַעֲלֶה

ma.a.leh · ascent

Hebrew · Strong's H4608 · Noun · Sounds like: mah-al-eh' · 18 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from עָלָה; an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority; ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַעֲלֶה 19 n.m. ascent
1. ascent of hill or mt.; מ׳ עַקְרַבִּים = Scorpion-pass, on S. border of Pal.
2. of stairs; to a wall

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Chronicles 20:16 בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה be.ma.'a.Leh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

  2. 2 Chronicles 32:33 בְּֽמַעֲלֵה֮ be.ma.'a.Leh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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