{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4608",
  "lemma": "מַעֲלֶה",
  "transliteration": "maʻăleh",
  "definition": "an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority",
  "kjv": "ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.",
  "occurrences": 15,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5927",
      "lemma": "עָלָה",
      "transliteration": "ʻâlâh",
      "meaning": "to ascend, intransitively",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5927"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַעֲלֶה 19 n.m. ascent",
    "1. ascent of hill or mt.; מ׳ עַקְרַבִּים = Scorpion-pass, on S. border of Pal.",
    "2. of stairs; to a wall"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 15:7",
      "text": "The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/15?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 18:17",
      "text": "It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 8:13",
      "text": "Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/8?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 9:11",
      "text": "As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/9?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 15:30",
      "text": "David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 9:27",
      "text": "But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 15:5",
      "text": "My heart cries out for Moab! Her Nazirites flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/15?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 48:5",
      "text": "For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/48?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 40:31",
      "text": "Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to it had eight steps.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/40?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 40:34",
      "text": "Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/40?v=34"
    }
  ],
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