Lexical Definition

‎מַעַל‎ maʻal (mah'-al) unfaithfulness ^H:N-M
from ‎מָעַל‎

falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, [idiom] very.

• treachery, i.e. sin

1) unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass
1a) against man
1b) against God

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מַ֫עַל‎ noun masculine^{Ezra 9:2} unfaithful, treacherous act (Late Hebrew ‎מְעִילָה‎); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Lev 5:15 + 16 t.; ‎מָ֑עַל‎ Num 5:12 + 2 t.; suffix ‎מַעֲלוֺ‎ Ezek 17:20 + 4 t.; ‎מַעֲלָם‎ Ezek 39:26 + 3 t.; —

1. ag. man: ‎נשׁאר מעל‎ Job 21:34 faithlessness remains (compare Num 5:12; Num 5:27; Prov 16:10 under ‎מָעַל‎).

2. elsewhere ag. God, with ‎בְּ‎, Josh 22:22 (P); without ‎בְּ‎, 1Chr 9:1; 2Chr 29:19; 2Chr 33:19; Ezra 9:2; Ezra 9:4; Ezra 10:6. — ‎מַעַל‎ elsewhere only with ‎מָעַל‎ q. v. (1; all cited).

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