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Ezekiel 40:26
“And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4609 · Hebrew
- Definition
- elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
- Derivation
- feminine of H4608 (מַעֲלֶה);
- KJV renderings
- things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מַעֲל֤וֹת — common noun, feminine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 50 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 20:26Joshua 10:101 Kings 10:191 Kings 10:202 Kings 9:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַעֲלָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.