מַעֲלָה
Used: 47 times · Key: 4609 · BDB: מַעֲלָה²
Glosses
steps (23); the.ascents (14); the.steps (5)
Meaning (OSHB)
step tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. step, stair tree →
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מַעֲלָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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;
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