Lexical Definition

‎עֲלִיָּה‎ ʻălîyâh (al-ee-yaw') upper room ^H:N-F
feminine from ‎עָלָה‎

ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.

• something lofty, i.e. a stair-way
• also a second-story room (or even one on the roof)
• figuratively, the sky

1) roof-room, roof chamber

See Greek: ἐκκεντέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲלִיָּה‎ noun feminine (c. adjective masculine Jer 22:14, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 83} Kö^{Synt. § 251 k}) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., ᵑ7 ‎עֲלִיתָא‎, Syriac (whence Arabic dining-room as loan-word Frä^{20 f.}); Sabean ‎עלית‎ DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 27}); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 3:23; Judg 3:24; Judg 3:25 (compare Nes^{Marg. 13}), 1Kgs 17:19; 1Kgs 17:23; 2Kgs 4:11 construct ‎עֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה‎ Judg 3:20, ‎קִֿיר‎‎׳‎‎ע‎ 2Kgs 4:10 roof-chamber with walls (permanent); ‎הַשַּׁעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 2Sam 19:1*, i.e. over the gateway; ‎הַפִּנָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Neh 3:31; Neh 3:32 i.e. at a corner of the wall; ‎אָחָז‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 2Kgs 23:12 (probably built by A.); suffix ‎עֲלִיָּתוֺ‎ 2Kgs 1:2 (belonging to Ahaziah); — 2Chr 9:4 read ‎עֹלֹתָיו‎ (compare || 1Kgs 10:5); plural absolute ‎עֲלִיּוֺת מְרֻוָּחִים‎ Jer 22:14 spacious roof-chambers; in Solomon's temple according to 2Chr 3:9, so suffix ‎עֲלִיּתָיו‎ 1Chr 28:11 more generally ‎עֲלִיּוֺתָיו‎ Jer 22:13 ‎׳‎‎י‎'s chambers in sky Ps 104:3, containing rain, vPs 104:13.

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