מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh · mah-al-eh'
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5927 (עָלָה);
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
- an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform
- abstractly, (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲלֶה 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the going up2 · 11%
- thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up2 · 11%
- to the ascent1 · 6%
- that goeth up1 · 6%
- was from the going up1 · 6%
- before1 · 6%
- the hill1 · 6%
- by the ascent1 · 6%
- and they did so at the going up1 · 6%
- by the cliff1 · 6%
- him in the chiefest1 · 6%
- upon the stairs1 · 6%
- at the going up1 · 6%
- for by the mounting up1 · 6%
- for in the going up1 · 6%
- thereof: and the going up1 · 6%
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.