maale · ascent, rise

What it means

maale (מַעֲלֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ascent, rise”.

Ascent, a slope by which one goes up; also a raised place.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A slope one climbs, or the steps of a stairway.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ascent ×14
• step ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×2
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Nehemiah×2
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×3

• Joshua 15:7

  and the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and northward turned to Gilgal, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, which is south of the brook; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and its ends were at En-rogel;

• Joshua 18:17

  and it bent northward and went out to En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, and went down to the stone of Bohan son of Reuben;

• Judges 8:13

  Gideon son of Joash returned from the war by the ascent of Heres.

• 1 Samuel 9:11

  As they were going up the ascent to the city, they found young women going out to draw water, and they said to them, “Is the seer here?”

• 2 Samuel 15:30

  David was going up the ascent of the Olives, weeping as he went up, with his head covered, and he was walking barefoot; and all the people who were with him covered, each his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

• 2 Kings 9:27

  Ahaziah king of Judah saw this and fled by the way of Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him and said, “Him too! Strike him!” And they struck him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

• 2 Chronicles 20:16

  Tomorrow go down against them; look, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook, facing the wilderness of Jeruel.

• 2 Chronicles 32:33

  Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

• Nehemiah 9:4

  And there stood up on the step of the Levites Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to YHWH their Elohim.

• Nehemiah 12:37

  And at the Fountain Gate, straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, and as far as the Water Gate on the east.

• Isaiah 15:5

  My heart cries out for Moab; its fugitives as far as Zoar, Eglath-shelishiyah; for the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it; for on the road of Horonaim they raise a cry of shattering.

• Jeremiah 48:5

  For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it, weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of breaking.

• Ezekiel 40:31

  And its porticoes faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its pilasters, and eight steps were its ascent.

• Ezekiel 40:34

  And its porticoes faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its pilasters, on this side and on that side, and eight steps were its ascent.

• Ezekiel 40:37

  And its pilasters faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its pilasters, on this side and on that side, and eight steps were its ascent.