# H4603 מָעַל

מָעַל (mâʻal), Strong’s H4603: properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously KJV: transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).. Occurs 36 times.

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*mâʻal* — properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously

KJV: transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).

Occurs 36 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָעַל vb. act unfaithfully, treacherously, a priestly word

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 5:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=15) — “If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly regarding the LORD’s holy things, then he shall bring his trespass…
- [Leviticus 5:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=21) — “If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit…
- [Leviticus 26:40](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/26?v=40) — “‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me…
- [Numbers 5:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/5?v=6) — “Speak to the children of Israel: ‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against the…
- [Numbers 5:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/5?v=12) — “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,
- [Numbers 5:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/5?v=27) — When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against her…
- [Deuteronomy 32:51](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=51) — because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of…
- [Joshua 7:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/7?v=1) — But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi…
- [Joshua 22:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/22?v=16) — “The whole congregation of the LORD says, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to…
- [Joshua 22:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/22?v=20) — Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel?…