עֲלִיָּה (ʿălîyâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning roof-chamber. It appears
20 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5944).
Also rendered
upper room
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1624f)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1624f)roof-chamber; lofty, stair-way, second-story, sky; ascent, chamber, going up, loft, parlour
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עֲלִיָּהnoun, feminine: roof-chamber
Strong's H5944עֲלִיָּה: something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky KJV:ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.
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…