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title: מַעֲלֶה — ascent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲלֶה (4608), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: ascent. BDB 1906: n.m. ascent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲלֶה

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«מַעֲלֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ascent** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 4608 · **BDB:** מַעֲלֶה

### Glosses

the.ascent (10); ascent (4); ascents (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ascent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4608/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ascent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4608/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 15:5 ascent;—מ׳ Ne 12:37; cstr. מַעֲלֵה Jos 10:10 + 14 times; מַעֲלָו֯ Ez 40:31, 34, 37; ascent of hill or city: Ju 8:13; 1 S 9:11, to the royal sepulchres (in Jerus.) 2 Ch 32:33; מ׳ הַזֵּיתִית 2 S 15:30 (v. זַיִת 3); מ׳עַקְרַבִּים = Scorpion-pass, on S. border of Pal., Ju 1:36; Nu 34:4; Jos 15:3 (both P), i.e. prob. the Naḳb eṣ-ṣafâ SW. from Dead Sea BuhlGeogr. 16, 66 Di and GFM ad loc., and reff.; often def. by n.pr.loc.: מ׳ אֲדֻמִים 15:7; 18:17, S. of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, cf. mod. Telʿat ed-dâm BuhlGeogr. 98; v. also בֵּית חוֹרֹן, i. גּוּר, ii. הֶרֶם, לוּחִית, ii. ציץ. of stairs Ez 40:31, 34, 37; to a wall Ne 12:37; מַעֲלֵה הַלְּוִיִּם Ne 9:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲלֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4608/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 1:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.36/)

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וּגְבוּל֙ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה עַקְרַבִּ֑ים מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע וָמָֽעְלָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.border of the.Amorite\[s\] \[was\].from.\[the\] ascent of.scorpions from (the) Sela and upward upwards

*JPS 1917:* And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.

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[Judges 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.13/)

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וַיָּ֛שָׁב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מִן־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה הֶחָֽרֶס׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned Gideon the.son of.Joash from the battle from to the.ascent of.(the) Heres

*JPS 1917:* And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

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