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# מַעֲלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4609

**step** — used 47 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

step [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4609/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַעֲלָה²: n.f. step, stair [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4609/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. step, stair;—מ׳ Ezr 7:9; 1 Ch 17:17; pl. מַעֲלוֹת Is 38:8 +, sf. מַעֲלֹתָו֯ Am 9:6, etc.;— step, stair of temple Ez 40:6 + 5 times 40, and temple porch 40:49; of altar Ex 20:26 (E) (forbidden, cf. RSOTJC xii, n. 1; 2nd ed. 358) Ez 43:17 (prescribed); of house 2 K 9:13, of throne 1 K 10:19, 20; 2 Ch 9:18, 19; to the city of David Ne 3:15; 12:37. steps (forming sun-dial, cf. Di Is) 2 K 20:9(×2), 10(×2), 11(×3) = Is 38:8(×5). stories of heaven Am 9:6. ascent מִבָּבֶל Ezr 7:9. שִׁיר (ל)הַמַּעֲלוֹת song of ascents, to the three great pilgrim feasts, i.e. to be sung on way up to Jerusalem, titles of ψψ 120–134 + 84:6 We al.—כְּתוֹר הארם המעלה 1 Ch 17:17 is crpt., v. Comm.ad loc. (and on ‖ 2 S 7:19).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: steps (23); the ascents (14); the steps (5).

## In the verses

[Psalms 130:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.1/#tree)

שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹתמִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.song of the.ascents from.\[the\] depths I call.out.to.you O.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.

[Psalms 132:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.1/#tree)

שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹתזְכוֹר־יְהוָ֥ה לְדָוִ֑ד אֵ֝ת כָּל־עֻנּוֹתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.song of the.ascents remember O.Yahweh to David (et) all his.being afflicted

*JPS 1917:* A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember unto David all his affliction;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4609.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4609/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).