מַעֲלֶה (maʿăleh) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning ascent. It appears
18 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4608).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1624j)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1624j)ascent; Scorpion-pass; elevation, acclivity, platform, rise, priority; before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַעֲלֶהnoun, masculine: ascent
1.ascent; מ׳ עַקְרַבִּים = Scorpion-pass, on S. border of Pal.
2.of stairs; to a wall
Strong's H4608מַעֲלֶה: an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority KJV:ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1624: עָלָהʿālâ — go up, ascend, climb; go, come up, spring up, grow, shoot forth, rise, extend, excel; be brought up, be taken up, away, take oneself away from, get up from, take oneself away, be exalted; bring up, cause to ascend, offer…