מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh
Meaning
“ascent”
BDB ascent, incline
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10 books · rare
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First appears: Joshua 15:7
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מַעֲלֶה
8 books
Joshua 15:7
לְ/מַעֲלֵ֣ה
and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and the goings out of it were at En Rogel;
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1 Samuel 9:11
בְּ/מַעֲלֵ֣ה
As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
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2 Samuel 15:30
בְ/מַעֲלֵ֨ה
David went up by the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
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2 Kings 9:27
בְּ/מַֽעֲלֵה
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: [and they struck him] at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
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2 Chronicles 20:16
בְּ/מַעֲלֵ֣ה
Tomorrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
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Isaiah 15:5
מַעֲלֵ֣ה
My heart cries out for Moab; her nobles [flee] to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
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Jeremiah 48:5
מַעֲלֵ֣ה
For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
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Ezekiel 40:31
מעל/ו מַעֲלָֽי/ו
The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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