Hebrew word study

מַעַלmaʻal properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with pref…

Pronounced “mah'al

properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.

Translated in the King James as: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

Appears 134 times in Scripture

Origin: from H5927 (עָלָה);

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Where it appears

Genesis 3×
Genesis 6:16Genesis 7:20Genesis 22:9
Exodus 13×
Exodus 20:4Exodus 25:20Exodus 25:21Exodus 26:14Exodus 28:27Exodus 30:14Exodus 36:19Exodus 37:9Exodus 38:26Exodus 39:20Exodus 39:31Exodus 40:19Exodus 40:20
Leviticus 2×
Leviticus 11:21Leviticus 27:7
Numbers 32×
Numbers 1:3Numbers 1:18Numbers 1:20Numbers 1:22Numbers 1:24Numbers 1:26Numbers 1:28Numbers 1:30Numbers 1:32Numbers 1:34Numbers 1:36Numbers 1:38Numbers 1:40Numbers 1:42Numbers 1:45Numbers 3:15Numbers 3:22Numbers 3:28Numbers 3:34Numbers 3:39Numbers 3:40Numbers 3:43Numbers 4:3Numbers 4:6Numbers 4:25+ 7 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 5×
Deuteronomy 4:39Deuteronomy 5:8Deuteronomy 28:13Deuteronomy 28:43+ 1 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua 3×
Joshua 2:11Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:16
Judges 2×
Judges 1:36Judges 7:13
1 Samuel 4×
1 Sam 9:21 Sam 10:231 Sam 16:131 Sam 30:25
1 Kings 8×
1 Ki 7:31 Ki 7:111 Ki 7:201 Ki 7:251 Ki 7:291 Ki 7:311 Ki 8:71 Ki 8:23
2 Kings 2×
2 Ki 3:212 Ki 19:30
1 Chronicles 8×
1 Chr 14:21 Chr 22:51 Chr 23:31 Chr 23:171 Chr 23:241 Chr 23:271 Chr 29:31 Chr 29:25
2 Chronicles 11×
2 Chr 1:12 Chr 4:42 Chr 5:82 Chr 16:122 Chr 17:122 Chr 20:192 Chr 25:52 Chr 26:82 Chr 31:162 Chr 31:172 Chr 34:4
Ezra 2×
Ezra 3:8Ezra 9:6
Job 4×
Job 3:4Job 18:16Job 31:2Job 31:28
Psalms 1×
Psalms 78:23
Proverbs 2×
Proverbs 8:28Proverbs 15:24
Ecclesiastes 1×
Eccles 3:21
Isaiah 6×
Isaiah 6:2Isaiah 7:11Isaiah 8:21Isaiah 14:13Isaiah 37:31Isaiah 45:8
Jeremiah 5×
Jeremiah 4:28Jeremiah 31:37Jeremiah 35:4Jeremiah 43:10Jeremiah 52:32
Ezekiel 15×
Ezekiel 1:11Ezekiel 1:22Ezekiel 1:26Ezekiel 1:27Ezekiel 8:2Ezekiel 10:19Ezekiel 11:22Ezekiel 37:8Ezekiel 41:7Ezekiel 43:15+ 5 more in Ezekiel
Daniel 2×
Daniel 12:6Daniel 12:7
Amos 1×
Amos 2:9
Haggai 2×
Haggai 2:15Haggai 2:18

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