Strong's Concordance
maal: above, upwards
Original Word: מַ֫עַלPart of Speech: substantive; adverb; preposition
Transliteration: maal
Phonetic Spelling: (mah'al)
Short Definition: upward
Brown-Driver-Briggs
140 , , only in
and
phrases, (Phoenician , see below p. 641: abbreviated from ; compare in from Köii. 116): —
= above (see )
as adverb Amos 2:9 his fruit above (opposed to ), Job 18:16; 1 Kings 7:3,20,29; often in the phrase Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 5:8 ( = Exodus 20:4), Joshua 2:11; 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 4:28; compare Psalm 78:23; Proverbs 8:28, Job 3:4; Job 31:2, Job 31:28.
, as preposition (
), on the top of, above, Genesis 22:9 above the wood, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20, Leviticus 11:21 , Isaiah 6:2 , Isaiah 14:13; Jeremiah 43:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Daniel 12:6,7; = on higher ground than, Jeremiah 35:4; figurative Jeremiah 52:32 ("" 2 Kings 25:28 ).
With locative , upwards (opposed to p. 641) :
figurative Deuteronomy 28:43 upwards, upwards, i.e. higher and higher (opposed to ).
(a) of direction in space, Judges 1:36 from the rock and upwards (compare Bu), 1 Kings 7:31 (corrupt: see Sta VB Benz), 1 Samuel 9:2 = 1 Samuel 10:23 from his shoulder and upwards: so , Ezekiel 1:27 Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 43:5. (b) of direction in time, or age: — (a) Exodus 30:14; Numbers 1:3 19t. P, Numbers 3:15,22 6t. P, simil. Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24 7t. P; elsewhere only 1 Chronicles 23:3,24; Ezra 3:8, and with 1 Chronicles 23:17; 2Chronicles 31:16,17; 2Chronicles 25:5; and 2 Kings 3:21 . () from that day and onwards, 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25. () from this day and upwards (i.e. and back), Haggai 2:15,18 and onwards (as ) is more probably: see Now WeKl. Proph. ed. 8 {1898} Marti Dr.
upwards, more common than alone (
): (a) Exodus 25:20 (= Exodus 37:9) Judges 7:13 overthrew it upwards, i.e. turned it downside up, Isaiah 7:11 or make it (the request) high upwards, Isaiah 8:21 , Isaiah 37:31 (2 Kings 19:30) (compare Amos 2:9, ), Ezekiel 41:7 a (v:a bis = higher and higher), Psalm 74:5; figurative Deuteronomy 28:13 (compare
), Proverbs 15:24 (opposed to ), compare Ecclesiastes 3:21; followed by a noun, Ezra 9:6 over the head, followed by (compare Aboth Ezra 2:1 ) = above, 2 Chronicles 34:4: see also
a, b a. (b) metaphor = exceedingly, only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 14:2; 1 Chronicles 22:5 the house must be built to J. so as to shew greatness exceedingly, 1 Chronicles 23:17 , 1 Chronicles 29:3 (followed by ; = over and above ...), 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2Chronicles 1:1 , 2 Chronicles 20:19; , 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8.
(see
), adverb, above (the more usual prose synonym of ): Genesis 6:16 Genesis 7:20 15cubits (i.e. above the mountain-tops), Exodus 25:21 (Exodus 40:20) upon the ark above, Exodus 26:14 (Exodus 36:19; 40:19; Numbers 4:25) a covering of skins on the tent above, Num 39:31; Numbers 4:6; 1 Kings 7:11,25; 1 Kings 8:7 (2 Chronicles 4:4; 5:8), Jeremiah 31:37 (compare ), Ezekiel 1:11 separate above, Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 37:8; from above, Joshua 3:13,16 .
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
above, exceedingly, forward, on very high, over, upon very
From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc. -- above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
see HEBREW alah
Forms and Transliterations
וָמַ֔עְלָה וָמַ֖עְלָה וָמַ֗עְלָה וָמַ֙עְלָה֙ וָמָ֑עְלָה וָמָֽעְלָה׃ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל וּלְמַ֔עְלָה וּלְמָ֑עְלָה וּלְמָֽעְלָה׃ וּמִלְמַ֗עְלָה וּמִמַּ֗עַל ולמעלה ולמעלה׃ ומלמעלה וממעל ומעלה ומעלה׃ לְמַ֔עְלָה לְמַ֖עְלָה לְמַ֗עְלָה לְמַ֙עְלָה֙ לְמַ֜עְלָה לְמַ֣עְלָה לְמַ֥עְלָה לְמַ֨עְלָה לְמָ֑עְלָה לְמָֽעְלָה׃ למעלה למעלה׃ מִלְמַ֔עְלָה מִלְמַ֜עְלָה מִלְמָ֑עְלָה מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ מִמַּ֔֡עַל מִמַּ֔עַל מִמַּ֕עַל מִמַּ֖עַל מִמַּ֗עַל מִמַּ֙עַל֙ מִמַּ֛עַל מִמַּ֡֔עַל מִמַּ֣עַל מִמַּ֥עַל מִמַּעַל֮ מִמָּ֑עַל מִמָּֽעַל׃ מַ֣עְלָה מָּ֑עְלָה מלמעלה מלמעלה׃ ממעל ממעל׃ מעלה lə·ma‘·lāh lə·mā·‘ə·lāh ləmā‘əlāh ləma‘lāh leMaelah leMalah ma‘·lāh mā‘əlāh ma‘lāh mā·‘ə·lāh Maelah Malah mil·ma‘·lāh mil·mā·‘ə·lāh milmā‘əlāh milma‘lāh milMaelah milMalah mim·ma·‘al mim·mā·‘al miMaal mimma‘al mimmā‘al ū·lə·ma‘·lāh ū·lə·mā·‘ə·lāh ū·mil·ma‘·lāh ū·mim·ma·‘al ūləmā‘əlāh ūləma‘lāh uleMaelah uleMalah ūmilma‘lāh umilMalah umiMaal ūmimma‘al vaMaelah vaMalah wā·ma‘·lāh wā·mā·‘ə·lāh wāmā‘əlāh wāma‘lāh
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