Etymology?:
from ʿālā עָלָה ‘to ascend’
Roots:
עלה
maʿal adv
subst
1) higher part, upper part
adv
1a) above
prep
1b) on the top of, above, on higher ground than
with locative
1c) upwards, higher, above
Mentioned in Genesis 22:9, 6:16, 7:20 Exodus 26:14, 36:19, 40:19, 25:20, 37:9, 25:21, 40:20, 38:26, 28:27, 39:20, 20:4, 39:31, 30:14 Codex Leviticus 11:21, 27:7 Numbers 1:18, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 1:45, 3:15, 26:2, 32:11, 4:3, 4:23, 4:25, 4:30, 4:35, 4:39, 4:43, 4:47, 8:24, 1:3, 3:39, 3:40, 3:22, 3:28, 3:34, 3:43, 26:62, 26:4, 14:29, 4:6 Deuteronomy 4:39, 28:13, 5:8, 28:43 Joshua 3:16, 3:13, 2:11 Judges 7:13, 1:36 1 Samuel 16:13, 9:2, 10:23, 30:25 1 Kings 7:11, 7:25, 8:23, 8:7, 7:31, 7:3, 7:29, 7:20 2 Kings 19:30, 3:21 Isaiah 7:11, 6:2, 14:13, 8:21, 45:8, 37:31 Jeremiah 4:28, 43:10, 35:4, 31:37, 52:32 Ezekiel 1:26, 10:19, 11:22, 37:8, 1:11, 43:15, 1:27, 8:2, 41:7, 1:22 Amos 2:9 Haggai 2:15, 2:18 Psalms 74:5, 78:23 Proverbs 8:28, 15:24 Job 3:4, 31:28, 31:2, 18:16 Ecclesiastes 3:21 Daniel 12:6, 12:7 Ezra 3:8, 9:6 1 Chronicles 23:24, 23:17, 23:27, 29:3, 23:3, 22:5, 29:25, 14:2 2 Chronicles 25:5, 31:17, 4:4, 1:1, 20:19, 16:12, 5:8, 34:4, 31:16, 26:8, 17:12