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.

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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 Kings 9:27 בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־ be.ma.'a.leh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

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