Know the Word.

Hebrew word

maʻăleh

mah-al-eh'

מַעֲלֶה

What it means

an elevation, i.e. acclivity or platform

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

Where it comes from

from ʻâlâh (עָלָה)

How the King James translates it

  • going9
  • ascent2
  • goeth1
  • before1
  • hill1
  • cliff1
  • chiefest1
  • stairs1

Every place it appears 18

Numbers34:4
Judges1:368:13
1 Samuel9:11
2 Samuel15:30
2 Kings9:27
2 Chronicles20:1632:33
Nehemiah9:412:37
Isaiah15:5
Jeremiah48:5
maʻăleh — Hebrew word meaning “an elevation, i.e. acclivity o”