מַעַל
maʻal · mah'-al
treachery, i.e. sin
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4603 (מָעַל);
treachery, i.e. sin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, [idiom] very.
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 מַעַל 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a trespass7 · 24%
- trespass2 · 7%
- because of the transgression2 · 7%
- that he hath trespassed2 · 7%
- with their trespass1 · 3%
- to do a trespass1 · 3%
- what trespass1 · 3%
- or if in transgression1 · 3%
- this trespass1 · 3%
- for their transgression1 · 3%
- for his transgression1 · 3%
- sore1 · 3%
- in his transgression1 · 3%
- and his trespass1 · 3%
- very1 · 3%
- in this trespass1 · 3%
- falsehood1 · 3%
- grievously1 · 3%
- and all their trespasses1 · 3%
- them, because of their trespass1 · 3%
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.