Stairway Steps

II. מַעֲלָה46 n.f. step, stair;—מ׳ Ezr 7:9; 1 Ch 17:17; pl. מַעֲלוֹת Is 38:8 +, sf. מַעֲלֹתָו֯ Am 9:6, etc.;— 1. step, stair of temple Ez 40:6 + 5 times 40, and temple porch 40:49; of altar Ex 20:26 (E) (forbidden, cf. RSOTJC xii, n. 1; 2nd ed. 358) Ez 43:17 (prescribed); of house 2 K 9:13, of throne 1 K 10:19, 20; 2 Ch 9:18, 19; to the city of David Ne 3:15; 12:37. 2. steps (forming sun-dial, cf. Di Is) 2 K 20:9(×2), 10(×2), 11(×3) = Is 38:8(×5). 3. stories of heaven Am 9:6. 4. ascent מִבָּבֶל Ezr 7:9. 5. שִׁיר (ל)הַמַּעֲלוֹת song of ascents, to the three great pilgrim feasts, i.e. to be sung on way up to Jerusalem, titles of ψψ 120–134 + 84:6 We al.—כְּתוֹר הארם המעלה 1 Ch 17:17 is crpt., v. Comm.ad loc. (and on ‖ 2 S 7:19).

† מְסִלָּה n.f. highway;—מ׳ Is 11:16 + 12 times; cstr. מְסִלַּת Is 7:3 + 3 times; sf. מְסִלָּתוֹ Jo 2:8; pl. מְסִלּוֹת Is 33:8 + 5 times; sf. מְסִלֹּתַי Is 49:11; מְסִלּוֹתָם Ju 5:20; Is 59:7;—raised way, highway, public road (never of street in city) Nu 20:19; Ju 20:31, 32, 45; 21:19; 1 S 6:12; 2 S 20:12(×2), 13; 2 K 18:17 = Is 36:2, 1 Ch 26:16, 18; Is 7:3; 11:16; 19:23; 33:8; 49:11; 59:7; Je 31:21; ישּׁר מ׳ Is 40:3; סלל מ׳ Is 62:10; in a fig. sense, of the courses of the stars Ju 5:20; the march of locusts Jo 2:8; the conduct of the upright Pr 16:17; of the ascents to Zion in the mind of the pious ψ 84:6 (𝔊: Bae reads מַעֲלוֹת).—In 2 Ch 9:11 מסלות is error for מִסְעָד(ות) of ‖ 1 K 10:12.

† עֲלִיָּה n.f. (c. adj. masc. Je 22:14, cf. AlbrechtZAW xvi (1896), 83 KöSynt. § 251 K) roof-chamber (NH id., 𝔗 עֲלִיתָא, Syriac ܥܶܠܻܝܬܳܐ (whence Arabic عُلِّيَّة dining-room as loan-wd. Frä 20 f.); Sab. עלית DHMEpigr. Denkm. 27);—chamber on roof, cool and secluded: abs. ע׳ Ju 3:23, 24, 25 (cf. NesMarg. 13), 1 K 17:19, 23 2 K 4:11; cstr. עֲלִיַת הַמְּקֵרָה Ju 3:20, ע׳־קִיר 2 K 4:10 roof-chamber with walls (permanent); ע׳ הַשַּׁעַר 2 S 19:1, i.e. over the gateway; ע׳ הַפִּנָּה Ne 3:31, 32 i.e. at a corner of the wall; ע׳ אָחָז 2 K 23:12 (prob. built by A.); sf. עֲלִיָּתוֹ 1:2 (belonging to Ahaziah));—2 Ch 9:4 read עֹלֹתָיו (cf. ‖ 1 K 10:5); pl. abs. עֲלִיּוֹת מְרֻוָּחִים Je 22:14 spacious roof-chambers; in Sol.’s temple according to 2 Ch 3:9, so sf. עֲלִיֹּתָיו 1 Ch 28:11; more gen. עֲלִיּוֹתָיו Je 22:13; י׳’s chambers in sky ψ 104:3, containing rain, v 13.

ἀναβαθ-μός, ὁ, flight of steps, stair, Refs 5th c.BC+by degrees, Refs 1st c.AD+

† מַדְרֵגָה n.f. steep place, steep,—מ׳ Ct 2:14 (‖ סֶ֫לַע), pl. הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת Ez 38:20 (‖ ההרים and חומה).

βαθμ-ός or βασμός, ὁ, (βαίνω) step, threshold, LXX+5th c.BC+; degree on the dial, LXX; fifteen degrees of the zodiac, Refs 2nd c.AD+; interval in a musical scale, Refs 4th c.AD+ __2 rung of a ladder, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __3 base or plinth of a tower, Refs __II metaphorically, step, degree in rank (οἱ β. κλίμακος προκοπὴν σημαίνουσι NT+2nd c.AD+; simply, degree, τολμημάτων βαθμοί Refs 1st c.AD+; step in an argument, Refs 6th c.AD+; of a genealogy, ἀπωτέρω δυοῖν β. two steps farther back, i.e. farther back than one's grandfather, Refs 1st c.AD+ __III tax paid on stairs, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† סֻלָּם n.m. ladder;—Gn 28:12 (E).