H4610
H4610 — מַעֲלֵה עַקרַבִּים
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
Ma`aleh `Aqrabbiym (mah-al-ay' ak-rab-beem') n/l.
1. Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert
[from H4608 and (the plural of) H6137]
KJV: Maaleh- accrabim, the ascent (going up) of Akrabbim.
Root(s): H4608, H6137
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
TWOT text is not reproduced. Number support is reserved for lawful/licensed mappings only.
KJV Renderings
Maaleh- accrabim, the ascent (going up) of Akrabbim.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB6079
מַעֲלֶה19 noun masculine Isa 15:5 ascent; — ׳ מ Neh 12:37 construct מַעֲלֵה Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37
1.
ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33
הַזֵּיתִית
׳
מִ
2Sam 15:30
(see
זַיִת
3); עַקְרַבִּים
׳
מ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both
P
), i.e. probably the
Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ
southwest from Dead Sea BuhlGeogr. 16. 66
Di and GFM on the passage, and
references; often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים
׳
מ
Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17,
south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm BuhlGeogr. 98.; see also
בֵּית חוֺרֹן
I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, II. ציץ
.
2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27
מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם
Neh 9:4. p.111, 158,
357, 532, 851
BDB6335
עַקְרָב noun masculine scorpion (apparently quadriliteral; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian a‡rabu ; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4045]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 4046]; ᵑ7 עַקְרַבָּא);
< [feminine] as in Late Hebrew, Syriac, Mandaean, Arabic (Levy gives Talmud
[Aramaic] as masculine, but are readings correct?), Nöldeke (privately). — absolute עַקְרָב
Deut 8:15
(collective; of wilderness), plural עַקְרַבִּים
Ezek 2:6 (figurative
of enemies); ׳
יִסַּר בָּע
1Kgs 12:11;
1Kgs 12:14 =
2Chr 10:11;
2Chr 10:14,
i.e. scourges with points, stings. — See also מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.