מַ֫עַל
ma.al (H4605)
above
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "ma'al" (H4605) is translated as "above" and appears 140 times in the Bible. This widespread usage suggests that the concept of being above something is a fundamental aspect of the Hebrew language and culture. The word can imply being physically superior, higher in position or status, or even being in a transcendent or elevated state. In its various occurrences, "ma'al" is used in a range of contexts, including geographical descriptions (e.g., mountains being above valleys), social hierarchies (e.g., royalty or leaders being above their subjects), and spiritual states (e.g., being above sin or worldly concerns). This versatility highlights the word's significance in conveying a sense of superiority, elevation, or transcendence. The fact that it is used so frequently in the Bible underscores its importance in the Hebrew worldview. The abundance of "ma'al" in the Bible may also indicate that the concept of being above was a key theme in the ancient Hebrew understanding of the world and their relationship with God. This could suggest that the idea of being elevated or superior played a significant role in their theology and spirituality, although this interpretation would require further analysis of the word's specific occurrences.
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You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.
They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
You shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
Everyone who passes over to those who are counted, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.
He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
They made two more rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long, jointed legs for hopping on the earth.
If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if he is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.
They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
So all those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel—
“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
put a covering of sealskin on it, spread a blue cloth over it, and put in its poles.
you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old: all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the covering of sealskin that is on it, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting.
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
“This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
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