מַעֲלֶהmaʻăleh

Meanings

Same root

• עָלָהʻâlâh · H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
• מַעֲלָהmaʻălâh · H4609elevation, 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)
• מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּיםMaʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym · H4610Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert

Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

• Joshua 10:10 The Lord threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
• Joshua 15:3 ran south of Scorpion Pass into the wilderness of Zin, and then went south of Kadesh-barnea to Hezron. Then it went up to Addar, where it turned toward Karka.
• Joshua 15:7 From that point it went through the valley of Achor to Debir, turning north toward Gilgal, which is across from the slopes of Adummim on the south side of the valley. From there the boundary extended to the springs at En-shemesh and on to En-rogel.
• Joshua 18:17 From En-rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is across from the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben’s son.)
• Judges 1:36 The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and continued upward from there.
• Judges 8:13 After this, Gideon returned from the battle by way of Heres Pass.