- Original: מעלה - Transliteration: Ma`aleh - Phonetic: mah-al-eh' - Definition: 1. ascent, incline - Origin: from H5927 - TWOT entry: 1624j - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H5927 ; an elevation that is (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority: - ascent before chiefest cliff that goeth up going up hill mounting up stairs. Total KJV Occurrences: 19 • ascent, 2 Numbers 34:4; 2 Samuel 15:30 • before, 1 Judges 8:13 • bring, 1 Jeremiah 33:6 • chiefest, 1 2 Chronicles 32:33 • cliff, 1 2 Chronicles 20:16 • hill, 1 1 Samuel 9:11 • stairs, 1 Nehemiah 9:4 • up, 11 Joshua 10:10; Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:17; Judges 1:36; 2 Kings 9:27; Nehemiah 12:37; Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:5; Ezekiel 40:31; Ezekiel 40:34; Ezekiel 40:37