Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲלֶה‎ maʻăleh (mah-al-eh') ascent ^H:N-M
from ‎עָלָה‎

ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.

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

1) ascent, incline

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Also see: אֲדֻמִּים | בֵּית חוֹרוֹן | גּוּר | חֶרֶס | לוּחִית | צִיץ

‎מַעֲלֶה‎₁₉ noun masculine^{Isa 15:5} ascent; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Neh 12:37 construct ‎מַעֲלֵה‎ Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; ‎מַעֲלָו֯‎ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37

1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33 ‎הַזֵּיתִית‎ ‎׳‎‎מִ‎ 2Sam 15:30 (see ‎זַיִת‎ 3); ‎עַקְרַבִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both P), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea Buhl^{Geogr. 16. 66} Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: ‎אֲדֻמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern ***Tel`at ed-dâm Buhl^{Geogr. 98}.; see also ‎בֵּית חוֺרֹן‎ I. ‎גּוּר‎, II. ‎חֶרֶס‎, ‎לוּחִית‎, II. ‎ציץ‎.

2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27 ‎מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם‎ Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851 ***

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