מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh(mah-al-eh')
“an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority”
18 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
Translated in KJV as
ascentbeforechiefestcliffthat goeth upgoing uphillmounting upstairs.
Etymology
from H5927 (עָלָה);
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“My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they sh…”