מעלה

Pronunciation

• (noun):
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ma.(ʕ)aˈla/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ma.ʕaˈlɔː/
• (adverb):
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈma(ʕ).la/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʕ.lɔː/

Noun

מַעֲלָה • (ma'alá) f (plural indefinite מַעֲלוֹת‎)

1. advantage
2. degree
   • 2008, 40 מעלות בצל (40 ma'alót batsél, “40 Degrees in the Shade”) (song), in Dabri (album)
3. step, stair

Adverb

מַעְלָה • (má'la)

1. up, upwards, above
   • Deuteronomy 28:43, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏הַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבְּךָ יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ מַעְלָה מָּעְלָה וְאַתָּה תֵרֵד מַטָּה מָּטָּה׃‎‎

     hagér 'ashér b'kirb'chá ya'alé 'alécha má'la má'la v'atá teréd máta máta.
     haggēr ʾăšer bəqirbəḵā yaʿăle ʿāléḵā máʿlā mmā́ʿlā wəʾattā ṯērēḏ máṭṭā mmā́ṭṭā.

     The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

2. above, heavenly

Etymology

From Hebrew מַעֲלָה‎.

Noun

מעלה • (mayle) f, plural מעלות‎ (mayles)

1. advantage, virtue