מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּיםMaʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym

מַעֲלֶה: ascent

Pronunciation: mah-al-ay' ak-rabbeem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4610

Meanings

1. ascent, of hill or mountain (1 Samuel 9:11; 2 Chronicles 32:33; 2 Samuel 15:30)

2. of stairs (Ezekiel 40:31; Ezekiel 40:34; Ezekiel 40:37)

עַקְרָב: scorpion (Deuteronomy 8:15; Ezekiel 2:6; 1 Kings 12:11; 1 Kings 12:14; 2 Chronicles 10:11)

Same root

מַעֲלֶהmaʻăleh · H4608an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
עַקְרָבʻaqrâb · H6137a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

Numbers 34:4 It will then run south past Scorpion Pass in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.
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.
Judges 1:36 The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and continued upward from there.

See every passage

Numbers 34:4
Joshua 15:3
Judges 1:36

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).