עֲלִיָּה

a.liy.yah · upper room

Hebrew · Strong's H5944 · Noun · Sounds like: al-ee-yaw' · 20 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

feminine from עָלָה; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky; ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עֲלִיָּה n.f. roof-chamber

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:9 וְהָעֲלִיּ֖וֹת ve.ha.'a.li.Yot · A person, place or thing

    And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

  2. 2 Chronicles 9:4 וַעֲלִיָּת֔וֹ va.'a.li.ya.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.

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