מַעֲלָה
maʻălâh · mah-al-aw'
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4608 (מַעֲלֶה);
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
- elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station)
- specifically, a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
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 מַעֲלָה 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of degrees15 · 32%
- steps9 · 19%
- degrees7 · 15%
- by steps1 · 2%
- of the stairs1 · 2%
- by1 · 2%
- in the dial1 · 2%
- of high degree1 · 2%
- he to go up1 · 2%
- and unto the stairs1 · 2%
- by the stairs1 · 2%
- of the degrees1 · 2%
- dial1 · 2%
- by which degrees1 · 2%
- the things that come1 · 2%
- the stairs1 · 2%
- and he brought me by the steps1 · 2%
- and his stairs1 · 2%
- his stories1 · 2%
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.