מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh(mah-al-eh')
“an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority”
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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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“And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.”