מָעַל
mâʻal · maw-al'
properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
- properly, to cover up
- used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָעַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- commit3 · 11%
- and commit2 · 7%
- which they trespassed1 · 4%
- and have done1 · 4%
- because ye trespassed1 · 4%
- committed1 · 4%
- is this that ye have committed1 · 4%
- us, because ye have not committed1 · 4%
- who transgressed1 · 4%
- and they transgressed1 · 4%
- which he committed1 · 4%
- because they had transgressed1 · 4%
- for he transgressed1 · 4%
- for thou hast trespassed1 · 4%
- and transgressed1 · 4%
- did he trespass1 · 4%
- have trespassed1 · 4%
- which trespassed1 · 4%
- transgressed1 · 4%
- we have trespassed1 · 4%
- unto them, ye have transgressed1 · 4%
- if ye transgress1 · 4%
- to transgress1 · 4%
- transgresseth1 · 4%
- against me by trespassing1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.