H4608 - מַעֲלֶה (maʻăleh)

H4608 מַעֲלֶה (maʻăleh) mah-al-eh'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 5927; an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority

KJV Usage: ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַעֲלֶה (ma.a.leh) — ascent. ascent, incline

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַעֲלֶה (H4608)

noun m · עלה

Constructions

raised platform = a raised level surface ► on which people can stand

NEH 9:4

Spatial Referents

upper part = a referent pointing to a space with a relatively high elevation

2CH 32:33

Buildings

stairway = a set of fixed steps leading up to a higher area

EZK 40:31 · EZK 40:34 · EZK 40:37

Roads

ascent = a road leading up a mountain

JOS 10:10 · 1SA 9:11 · 2SA 15:30 · 2CH 20:16 · NEH 12:37 · ISA 15:5 · JER 48:5

¹ EZK 40:31 · EZK 40:34 · EZK 40:37 MT-K מעלו | MT-Q מַעֲלָיו

Reinier de Blois

מַעֲלֵה אֲדֻמִּים (H4608 · H0131)

name

Names of Landforms

Ascent of Adummim = ascent; ◄ between Jerusalem and Jericho

JOS 15:7 · JOS 18:17

Reinier de Blois

מַעֲלֵה גוּר (H4608 · H1483)

name

Names of Landforms

Collocation: מַעֲלֵה גוּר

Ascent of Gur = ascent; ◄ near Ibleam; territory of Manasseh

2KI 9:27

Reinier de Blois

מַעְַלֵה הֶחָרֶס (H4608 · H2775) — מַעֲלֵה הֶחָרֶס

name

Names of Landforms

Ascent of Heres, Heres Pass meaning unsure; possibly: = a road leading up a mountain east of river Jordan; ► Gideon took this road when returning from battle

JDG 8:13

¹ JDG 8:13 Vulgate "before the sun rising"

Reinier de Blois

מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים (H4608 · H6137)

name

Names of Landforms

Ascent of Akrabbim, Scorpion Pass = an ascending location at the southern border of the territory of the tribe of Judah

NUM 34:4 · JOS 15:3 · JDG 1:36

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַעֲלֶה 19 n.m. ascent ascent of hill or mt.; מ׳ עַקְרַבִּים = Scorpion-pass, on S. border of Pal.

of stairs; to a wall

base