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. Judges 3:20 בַּעֲלִיַּ֨ת ba.'a.li.Yat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

  2. Judges 3:23 הָעַלִיָּ֛ה ha.'a.li.Yah · A person, place or thing

    Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

  3. Judges 3:24 הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה ha.'a.li.Yah · A person, place or thing

    Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

  4. Judges 3:25 הָֽעֲלִיָּ֑ה ha.'a.li.Yah · A person, place or thing

    And they tarried till they were ashamed; and, behold, he opened not the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

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