מַעַל
maʻal · mah'al
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5927 (עָלָה);
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), 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
140 occurrences · 140 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and upward48 · 40%
- above22 · 18%
- and above7 · 6%
- upward6 · 5%
- from above5 · 4%
- on high4 · 3%
- upon2 · 2%
- thereof, above2 · 2%
- over2 · 2%
- forward2 · 2%
- was set above2 · 2%
- thereof above2 · 2%
- exceedingly2 · 2%
- even upward2 · 2%
- was over them above2 · 2%
- which was upon2 · 2%
- it above1 · 1%
- it on high1 · 1%
- skins that is above1 · 1%
- and thou shalt be above only1 · 1%
- above thee very1 · 1%
- high1 · 1%
- and overturned1 · 1%
- had pomegranates also above1 · 1%
- must be exceeding1 · 1%
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.