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 Samuel 18:33 עֲלִיַּ֥ת 'a.li.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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