Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5944
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- `aliyah
- Pronunciation
- al-ee-yaw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5944
- Brief meaning
- Something lofty, i.e. a stair-way, also a second-story room (or even one on the roof), figuratively, the sky
- Source renderings
- ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour
- Root word
- feminine from H5927
- Full definition from the source
- Something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky. Root word: feminine from H5927.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H5927
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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05944\ 5944 `aliyah al-ee-yaw' feminine from 5927; 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 for 05927