STRONGS H5944:
Abbreviations
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עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (with adjective masculine
Jeremiah 22:14, compare Albr
ZAW xvi (1896), 83 Kö
Synt. § 251 k)
roof-chamber (Late Hebrew
id.,
עֲלִיתָא, Syriac
(whence Arabic
dining-room as loan-word Frä
20f.); Sabean
עלית DHM
Epigr. Denkm. 27); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute
ע׳ Judges 3:23, 24, 25 (compare Nes
Marg. 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.
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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
