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. Jeremiah 48:5 מַעֲלֵ֣ה ma.'a.Leh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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