מַעֲלָה
ma.a.lah (H4609B)
step
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The Hebrew word מַעֲלָה (ma.a.lah) with Strong's number H4609B, is defined as "step". This word appears 46 times in the Bible. Given its definition as a physical step, it can be applied in various contexts, such as movement up or down a physical terrain, including walking, climbing, or descending stairs. It can also symbolize a step forward in a conceptual or social hierarchy. In terms of range of usage, the word is applied in several different contexts, including literal movement (e.g., Jacob's ladder in Genesis 28:12), spiritual concepts (e.g., ascending to God in Isaiah 2:2), and social promotion (e.g., stepping up to a new position). Despite its varied applications, the central idea remains that of a deliberate, physical or conceptual movement forward. The significance of the word מַעֲלָה lies in its universality and its capacity to convey progression, forward motion, and change in various aspects of life. As a fundamental concept, it transcends physical movement and highlights the idea of advancement or improvement. This concept can be applied to a wide range of experiences in life, from personal growth to social change, making it a significant and versatile term in the Hebrew language.
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You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’
There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. Nothing like it was made in any kingdom.
Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king.”
Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”
Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.
This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have respected me according to the standard of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was nothing like it made in any other kingdom.
For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah repaired the spring gate. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from David’s city.
By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
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Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.” ’ ” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.
Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide.
Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them.
There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them. It had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.
Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to it had eight steps.
Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps.
Its posts were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps.
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it. There were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look toward the east.”
It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.