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Lexicon :: Strong's H5944 - ʿălîyâ

Aa
עֲלִיָּה
Transliteration
ʿălîyâ
Pronunciation
al-ee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1624f

Strong’s Definitions

עֲלִיָּה ʻălîyâh, al-ee-yaw'; feminine from H5927; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky:—ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5944 in the following manner: chamber (12x), parlour (4x), going up (2x), ascent (1x), loft (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5944 in the following manner: chamber (12x), parlour (4x), going up (2x), ascent (1x), loft (1x).

  1. roof-room, roof chamber

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲלִיָּה ʻălîyâh, al-ee-yaw'; feminine from H5927; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky:—ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.
STRONGS H5944: Abbreviations
† עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (with adjective masculine Jeremiah 22:14, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 83 KöSynt. § 251 k) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., Targum עֲלִיתָא, Syriac bdb075101 (whence Arabic bdb075102 dining-room as loan-word Frä20f.); Sabean עלית DHMEpigr. Denkm. 27); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute ע׳ Judges 3:23, 24, 25 (compare NesMarg. 13), 1 Kings 17:19, 23; 2 Kings 4:11; construct עֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה Judges 3:20, קִֿיר ע׳ 2 Kings 4:10 roof-chamber with walls (permanent); הַשַּׁעַר ע׳ 2 Samuel 19:1, i.e. over the gateway; הַפִּנּה ע׳ Nehemiah 3:31, 32 i.e. at a corner of the wall; אָחָז ע׳ 2 Kings 23:12 (probably built by A.); suffix עֲלִיָּתוֺ 2 Kings 1:2 (belonging to Ahaziah); — 2 Chronicles 9:4 read עֹלֹתָיו (compare || 1 Kings 10:5); plural absolute עֲלִיּוֺת מְרֻוָּחִים Jeremiah 22:14 spacious roof-chambers; in Solomon's temple according to 2 Chronicles 3:9, so suffix עֲלִיּתָיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; more generally עֲלִיּוֺתָיו Jeremiah 22:13; י׳'s chambers in sky Psalm 104:3, containing rain, Psalm 104:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

3:20; 3:23; 3:24; 3:25

2 Samuel

19:1

1 Kings

10:5; 17:19; 17:23

2 Kings

1:2; 4:10; 4:11; 23:12

1 Chronicles

28:11

2 Chronicles

3:9; 9:4

Nehemiah

3:31; 3:32

Psalms

104:3; 104:13

Jeremiah

22:13; 22:14; 22:14

H5944

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5944 matches the Hebrew עֲלִיָּה (ʿălîyâ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - Then Ehud H164 came H935 to him while he was sitting H3427 in his cool H4747 roof H5944 chamber H5944 alone H905. And Ehud H164 said H559, “I have a message H1697 from God H430 for you.” And he got H6965 up H6965 from his seat H3678.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - Then Ehud H164 went H3318 out H3318 into the [fn]vestibule H4528, and shut H5462 the doors H1817 of the roof H5944 chamber H5944 behind H1157 him, and locked H5274 them.

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When he had left H3318, [fn]the king’s servants H5650 came H935 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, the doors H1817 of the roof H5944 chamber H5944 were locked H5274; and they said H559, “Undoubtedly H389 he is [fn]relieving H5526 H7272 himself in the cool H4747 room H2315.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - So they waited H3176 [fn]until H5704 it would have been H954 shameful H954 to wait longer; but behold H2009, he did not open H6605 the doors H1817 of the roof H5944 chamber H5944. So they took H3947 the key H4668 and opened H6605 them, and behold H2009, their master H113 had fallen H5307 to the [fn]floor H776 dead H4191.

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[fn]Then the king H4428 trembled H7264 and went H5927 up H5927 to the chamber H5944 over H5944 the gate H8179 and wept H1058. And this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 he said H559 as he walked H1980: “My son H1121 Absalom H53, my son H1121, my son H1121 Absalom H53! If H4310 H5414 only H4310 H5414 I had died H4191 instead H8478 of H8478 you, Absalom H53, my son H1121, my son H1121!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But he said H559 to her, “Give H5414 me your son H1121.” Then he took H3947 him from her [fn]arms H2436 and carried H5927 him up H5927 to the upstairs H5944 room H5944 where H834 H8033 he was living H3427, and laid H7901 him on his own bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - Elijah H452 then took H3947 the boy H3206 and brought H3381 him down H3381 from the upstairs H5944 room H5944 into the house H1004 and gave H5414 him to his mother H517; and Elijah H452 said H559, “See H7200, your son H1121 is alive H2416.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ahaziah H274 fell H5307 through H1157 the window lattice H7639 in his upper H5944 chamber H5944 which H834 was in Samaria H8111, and became H2470 ill H2470. So he sent H7971 messengers H4397 and said H559 to them, “Go H1980, inquire H1875 of Baal-zebub H1176, the god H430 of Ekron H6138, whether H518 I will recover H2421 from this H2088 sickness H2483.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - “Please H4994, let’s make H6213 a little H6996 walled H7023 upper H5944 room H5944, and let’s set H7760 up H7760 a bed H4296 for him there H8033, and a table H7979, a chair H3678, and a lampstand H4501; then it shall be, when he comes H935 to us, that he can turn H5493 in H5493 there H8033.”

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Now [fn]one day H3117 he came H935 there H8033, and turned H5493 in H5493 to the upper H5944 room H5944 and [fn]rested H7901 H8033.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - The king H4428 also tore H5422 down H5422 the altars H4196 that were on the roof H1406, the upper H5944 chamber H5944 of Ahaz H271, which H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had made H6213, and the altars H4196 which H834 Manasseh H4519 had made H6213 in the two H8147 courtyards H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and he [fn]smashed H7533 them there H8033 and threw H7993 their dust H6083 into the brook H5158 Kidron H6939.

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Then David H1732 gave H5414 to his son H1121 Solomon H8010 the plan H8403 of the porch H197 of the temple, its buildings H1004, its storehouses H1597, its upper H5944 rooms H5944, its inner H6442 rooms H2315, and the room H1004 for the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - The weight H4948 of the nails H4548 was fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of gold H2091. He also overlaid H2645 the upper H5944 rooms H5944 with gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - the food H3978 at his table H7979, the seating H4186 of his servants H5650, the attendance H4612 of his ministers H8334 and their attire H4403, his cupbearers H4945 and their attire H4403, and [fn]his stairway H5930 by which H834 he went H5927 up H5927 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, she was breathless H3808 H7307.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - After H310 him Malchijah H4441, [fn]one H1121 of the goldsmiths H6885, carried H2388 out H2388 repairs H2388 as far H5704 as the house H1004 of the temple H5411 servants H5411 and of the merchants H7402, in front H5048 of the [fn]Inspection H4663 Gate H8179 and as far H5704 as the upper H5944 room H5944 of the corner H6438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between H996 the upper H5944 room H5944 of the corner H6438 and the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179 the goldsmiths H6884 and the merchants H7402 carried H2388 out H2388 repairs H2388.

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[fn]He lays H7136 the beams H7136 of His upper H5944 chambers H5944 in the waters H4325;

[fn]He makes H7760 the clouds H5645 His chariot H7398;

[fn]He walks H1980 on the wings H3671 of the wind H7307;

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[fn]He waters H8248 the mountains H2022 from His upper H5944 chambers H5944;

The earth H776 is H7646 satisfied H7646 with the fruit H6529 of His works H4639.

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“Woe H1945 to him who builds H1129 his house H1004 without H3808 righteousness H6664,

And his upstairs H5944 rooms H5944 without H3808 justice H4941,

Who uses H5647 his neighbor’s H7453 services H5647 without H2600 pay H2600

And does not give H5414 him his wages H6467,

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Who says H559, ‘I will build H1129 myself a large H4060 house H1004

With spacious H7304 upstairs H5944 rooms H5944,

And cut H7167 out H7167 its windows H2474,

[fn]Paneling H5603 it with cedar H730 and painting H4886 it [fn]bright H8350 red H8350.’

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