Hebrew word

maʻal

mah'al

מַעַל

What it means

properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc

properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.

Where it comes from

from ʻâlâh (עָלָה)

How the King James translates it

upward56
above47
high6
exceedingly4
upon2
over2
very2
forward2

Every place it appears 124

Genesis6:16 7:20 22:9

Exodus20:4 25:20 25:21 26:14 28:27 30:14 37:9 38:26 39:20 39:31 40:19 40:20

Leviticus11:21 27:7

Numbers1:3 1:18 1:20 1:22 1:24 1:26 1:28 1:30 1:32 1:34 1:36 1:38 1:40 1:42 1:45 3:15 3:22 3:28 3:34 3:39 3:40 3:43 4:3 4:6 4:23 4:25 4:30 4:35 4:39 4:43 4:47 8:24 14:29 26:2 26:4 26:62 32:11

Deuteronomy4:39 5:8 28:13 28:43

Joshua2:11 3:13 3:16

1 Samuel9:2 10:23 16:13 30:25

1 Kings7:3 7:11 7:20 7:25 7:29 7:31 8:7 8:23

2 Kings3:21 19:30

1 Chronicles14:2 22:5 23:3 23:17 23:24 23:27 29:3 29:25

2 Chronicles1:1 4:4 5:8 16:12 17:12 20:19 25:5 26:8 31:16 31:17 34:4

Ezra3:8 9:6

Job3:4 18:16 31:2

Psalms78:23

Proverbs8:28 15:24

Ecclesiastes3:21

Isaiah6:2 14:13 45:8

Jeremiah4:28 31:37 35:4 43:10 52:32

Ezekiel1:11 1:26 1:27 8:2 37:8 41:7 43:15

Amos2:9

Haggai2:15 2:18

maʻal — Hebrew word meaning “properly, the upper part, used o”