מַעֲלָה

ma.a.lah · step

Hebrew · Strong's H4609 · Noun · Sounds like: mah-al-aw' · 47 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • step H4609B 46
  • thought H4609A 1

Strong's dictionary

feminine of מַעֲלֶה; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms); things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[מַעֲלָה] n.f. what comes up;—pl. cstr. Ez 11:5
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַעֲלָה 46 n.f. step, stair
1. step, stair
2. steps (forming sun-dial)
3. stories of heaven
4. ascent
5. song of ascents

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Kings 9:13 הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת ha.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.

  2. 2 Kings 20:9 מַֽעֲל֔וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?

  3. 2 Kings 20:9 מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?

  4. 2 Kings 20:10 מַעֲל֑וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

  5. 2 Kings 20:10 מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

  6. 2 Kings 20:11 בַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹת Ba.ma.'a.lot · A person, place or thing

    And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

  7. 2 Kings 20:11 בְּמַעֲל֥וֹת be.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

  8. 2 Kings 20:11 מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ פ ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

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