Lexicon aliyyah: a roof chamber Original Word: עֲלִיָּהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: aliyyah Phonetic Spelling: (al-ee-yaw') Short Definition: chamber NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alahDefinitiona roof chamber NASB Translationchamber over (1), roof chamber (4), upper chamber (4), upper chambers (2), upper room (4), upper rooms (4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (c. adjective masculine Jeremiah 22:14, compare Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 83 Kö Synt. § 251 k) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., ᵑ7 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; הַמִּנָּה ׳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. Strong's ascent, upper chamber, going up, loft, parlor Feminine from alah; something lofty, i.e. A stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky -- ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour. see HEBREW alah |
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