מַעַל maal

Hebrew word for “above” · Strong’s H4605 · used 140 times in 134 verses

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Meaning

subst; 1) higher part, upper part;

How it is translated

Glosses given for maal in context, with how often each is used:

• above 53
• up -wards 51
• upwards 34
• -wards 2

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 1 (15), Numbers 4 (9), Numbers 3 (7), 1 Kings 7 (6), 1 Chronicles 23 (4), Ezekiel 1 (4), Numbers 26 (3), Exodus 25 (2), Exodus 39 (2), Exodus 40 (2)

Forms

• ומעלה 51
• למעלה 28
• ממעל 27
• מלמעלה 23
• ולמעלה 6
• מעלה 2
• וממעל 2
• ומלמעלה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with maal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 31
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 38
• מִסְפָּר mispar “number” 22
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 24
• מַטָּה mattah “beneath” 11
• תּוֹלֵדוֹת toledah “generation” 12
• פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 17
• מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpachah “family” 15
• זָכָר zakhar “male” 12
• שֵׁם shem “name” 19
• אָב av “father” 19
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 18

Key verses

The verses using maal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water…
• Joshua 3:16 — That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward…
• 1 Samuel 16:13 — Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel…
• Ezra 9:6 — And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up…
• Isaiah 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
• Isaiah 8:21 — And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse…
• Isaiah 14:13 — For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the…
• Jeremiah 4:28 — For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back…
• Jeremiah 35:4 — And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the…
• Ezekiel 1:26 — And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was…
• Daniel 12:7 — And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him…
• Amos 2:9 — Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.