Maʻal — H4605

Definition

substantive

1. subst
2. higher part, upper part
3. adv
1. above
4. prep
1. on the top of, above, on higher ground than
5. with locative
1. upwards, higher, above

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

Usually translated as

upward, above, high, exceedingly, upon, over, exceeding, forward, on, up, very

Origin

from H5927

• Derived from ʻâlâh (H5927)

Greek equivalents

• epékeina (G1900)
• kýklōi (G2945)
• hýpsos (G5311)

Occurrences

Maʻal occurs 140 times in 134 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (13), Leviticus (2), Numbers (37), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (3), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (8), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (8), 2 Chronicles (11), Ezra (2), Job (4), Psalms (2), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (10), Daniel (2), Amos (1), Haggai (2)

• Genesis 6:16 — A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above (מִלְמַ֔עְלָה); and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
• Genesis 7:20 — Fifteen cubits upward (מִלְמַ֔עְלָה) did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
• Genesis 22:9 — And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon (מִמַּ֖עַל) the wood.
• Exodus 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above (מִמַּ֡֔עַל), or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
• Exodus 25:20 — And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high (לְמַ֗עְלָה), covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
• Exodus 25:21 — And thou shalt put the mercy seat above (מִלְמָ֑עְלָה) upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
• Exodus 26:14 — And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above (מִלְמָֽעְלָה) of badgers’ skins.
• Exodus 28:27 — And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above (מִמַּ֕עַל) the curious girdle of the ephod.
• Exodus 30:14 — Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above (וָמָ֑עְלָה), shall give an offering unto the LORD.
• Exodus 36:19 — And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above (מִלְמָֽעְלָה) that.
• Exodus 37:9 — And the cherubims spread out their wings on high (לְמַ֗עְלָה), and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
• Exodus 38:26 — A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
• Exodus 39:20 — And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above (מִמַּ֕עַל) the curious girdle of the ephod.
• Exodus 39:31 — And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high (מִלְמָ֑עְלָה) upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Exodus 40:19 — And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above (מִלְמָ֑עְלָה) upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Exodus 40:20 — And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above (מִלְמָֽעְלָה) upon the ark:
• Leviticus 11:21 — Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above (מִמַּ֣עַל) their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
• Leviticus 27:7 — And if it be from sixty years old and above (וָמַ֙עְלָה֙); if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
• Numbers 1:3 — From twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
• Numbers 1:18 — And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֖עְלָה), by their polls.
• Numbers 1:20 — And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:22 — Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:24 — Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:26 — Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:28 — Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:30 — Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:32 — Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:34 — Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:36 — Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:38 — Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:40 — Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:42 — Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:45 — So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
• Numbers 3:15 — Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward (וָמַ֖עְלָה) shalt thou number them.
• Numbers 3:22 — Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward (וָמָ֑עְלָה), even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
• Numbers 3:28 — In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward (וָמָ֑עְלָה), were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
• Numbers 3:34 — And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward (וָמָ֑עְלָה), were six thousand and two hundred.
• Numbers 3:39 — All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה), were twenty and two thousand.
• Numbers 3:40 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward (וָמָ֑עְלָה), and take the number of their names.
• Numbers 3:43 — And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward (וָמַ֖עְלָה), of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
• Numbers 4:3 — From thirty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה) even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Numbers 4:6 — And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over (מִלְמָ֑עְלָה) it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
• Numbers 4:23 — From thirty years old and upward (וָמַ֗עְלָה) until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Numbers 4:25 — And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above (מִלְמָ֑עְלָה) upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
• Numbers 4:30 — From thirty years old and upward (וָמַ֗עְלָה) even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Numbers 4:35 — From thirty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה) even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:
• Numbers 4:39 — From thirty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה) even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
• Numbers 4:43 — From thirty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה) even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
• Numbers 4:47 — From thirty years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה) even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
• Numbers 8:24 — This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward (וָמַ֔עְלָה) they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: