{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4609",
  "lemma": "מַעֲלָה",
  "transliteration": "maʻălâh",
  "definition": "elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or…",
  "kjv": "things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.",
  "occurrences": 47,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַעֲלָה 46 n.f. step, stair",
    "1. step, stair",
    "2. steps (forming sun-dial)",
    "3. stories of heaven",
    "4. ascent",
    "5. song of ascents",
    "מַעֲלָה n.f",
    "[מַעֲלָה] n.f. what comes up;—pl. cstr. Ez 11:5"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 20:26",
      "text": "You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 10:10",
      "text": "The LORD confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/10?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 10:19",
      "text": "There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were armrests on either side…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 10:20",
      "text": "Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. Nothing like it was made in any kingdom.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 9:13",
      "text": "Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the shofar…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 20:9",
      "text": "Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/20?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 20:10",
      "text": "Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/20?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 20:11",
      "text": "Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/20?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 38:8",
      "text": "Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/38?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 11:5",
      "text": "The LORD’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘The LORD says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/11?v=5"
    }
  ],
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