5944. aliyyah

Strong's Lexicon

aliyyah: Upper room, upper chamber, roof chamber

Original Word: עֲלִיָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: `aliyah
Pronunciation: ah-lee-YAH
Phonetic Spelling: (al-ee-yaw')
Definition: Upper room, upper chamber, roof chamber
Meaning: something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָלָה (alah), meaning "to go up" or "ascend."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5253 (huperōon): Refers to an upper room or upper story, similar in function and significance to the Hebrew "aliyyah."

Usage: The term "aliyyah" refers to an upper room or chamber, often used for various purposes such as living quarters, storage, or special gatherings. In biblical times, these rooms were typically located on the roof of a house and were accessed by an external staircase. They were considered private and sometimes used for prayer or meditation.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite architecture, houses were often built with flat roofs, and the upper room served as an additional space that could be used for various functions. These rooms were significant in both domestic and religious contexts. They provided a place of retreat and were sometimes used for important meetings or events, as seen in the New Testament.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from alah
Definition
a roof chamber
NASB Translation
chamber 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 Exhaustive Concordance

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

Forms and Transliterations

בַּעֲלִיַּ֨ת בַּעֲלִיָּת֛וֹ בעלית בעליתו הָֽעֲלִיָּ֑ה הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הָעַלִיָּ֛ה העליה וְהָעֲלִיּ֖וֹת וַעֲלִיֹּתָ֛יו וַעֲלִיּ֖וֹת וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו והעליות ועליות ועליותיו ועליתיו מֵעֲלִיּוֹתָ֑יו מעליותיו עֲ‍ֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו עֲלִיַּ֤ת עֲלִיַּ֥ת עֲלִיַּ֨ת עֲלִיַּת־ ע‍ליותיו עלית עלית־ ‘ă·lî·yaṯ ‘ă·lî·yaṯ- ‘ălî·yō·w·ṯāw ‘ălîyaṯ ‘ălîyaṯ- ‘ălîyōwṯāw aliYat aliYoTav ba‘ălîyaṯ ba‘ălîyāṯōw ba·‘ă·lî·yā·ṯōw ba·‘ă·lî·yaṯ baaliYat baaliyaTo hā‘alîyāh hā‘ălîyāh hā·‘a·lî·yāh hā·‘ă·lî·yāh haaliYah mê‘ălîyōwṯāw mê·‘ă·lî·yō·w·ṯāw mealiyoTav vaaliYot vaaliyoTav vehaaliYot wa‘ălîyōṯāw wa‘ălîyōwṯ wa‘ălîyōwṯāw wa·‘ă·lî·yō·ṯāw wa·‘ă·lî·yō·w·ṯāw wa·‘ă·lî·yō·wṯ wə·hā·‘ă·lî·yō·wṯ wəhā‘ălîyōwṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Judges 3:20
HEB: וְהֽוּא־ יֹ֠שֵׁב בַּעֲלִיַּ֨ת הַמְּקֵרָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud
KJV: in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud
INT: he was sitting roof his cool after

Judges 3:23
HEB: וַיִּסְגֹּ֞ר דַּלְת֧וֹת הָעַלִיָּ֛ה בַּעֲד֖וֹ וְנָעָֽל׃
NAS: the doors of the roof chamber behind
KJV: the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked
INT: and shut the doors of the roof brandish and locked

Judges 3:24
HEB: וְהִנֵּ֛ה דַּלְת֥וֹת הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
NAS: the doors of the roof chamber were locked;
KJV: that, behold, the doors of the parlour [were] locked,
INT: and behold the doors of the roof were locked said

Judges 3:25
HEB: פֹתֵ֖חַ דַּלְת֣וֹת הָֽעֲלִיָּ֑ה וַיִּקְח֤וּ אֶת־
NAS: the doors of the roof chamber. Therefore they took
KJV: not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took
INT: open the doors of the roof took the key

2 Samuel 18:33
HEB: וַיַּ֛עַל עַל־ עֲלִיַּ֥ת הַשַּׁ֖עַר וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ
NAS: and went up to the chamber over the gate
KJV: and went up to the chamber over the gate,
INT: and went to the chamber the gate and wept

1 Kings 17:19
HEB: וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־ הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־ הוּא֙
NAS: and carried him up to the upper room where
KJV: and carried him up into a loft, where he abode,
INT: and carried to the upper after he

1 Kings 17:23
HEB: וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־ הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ
NAS: and brought him down from the upper room into the house
KJV: and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,
INT: and brought from the upper the house and gave

2 Kings 1:2
HEB: בְּעַ֣ד הַשְּׂבָכָ֗ה בַּעֲלִיָּת֛וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן
NAS: the lattice in his upper chamber which
KJV: through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria,
INT: through the lattice his upper which Samaria

2 Kings 4:10
HEB: נַֽעֲשֶׂה־ נָּ֤א עֲלִיַּת־ קִיר֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה
NAS: walled upper chamber and let us set
KJV: a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall;
INT: make Please upper walled A little

2 Kings 4:11
HEB: וַיָּ֥סַר אֶל־ הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב־ שָֽׁמָּה׃
NAS: and turned in to the upper chamber and rested.
KJV: thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay
INT: and turned to the upper and lay there

2 Kings 23:12
HEB: עַל־ הַגָּג֩ עֲלִיַּ֨ת אָחָ֜ז אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: [were] on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz,
KJV: that [were] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz,
INT: on the roof the upper of Ahaz which

1 Chronicles 28:11
HEB: בָּ֨תָּ֜יו וְגַנְזַכָּ֧יו וַעֲלִיֹּתָ֛יו וַחֲדָרָ֥יו הַפְּנִימִ֖ים
NAS: its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner
KJV: thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner
INT: buildings storehouses upper rooms inner

2 Chronicles 3:9
HEB: חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים זָהָ֑ב וְהָעֲלִיּ֖וֹת חִפָּ֥ה זָהָֽב׃
NAS: He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
KJV: And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
INT: was fifty of gold the upper overlaid gold

Nehemiah 3:31
HEB: הַמִּפְקָ֔ד וְעַ֖ד עֲלִיַּ֥ת הַפִּנָּֽה׃
NAS: and as far as the upper room of the corner.
KJV: Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
INT: of the Inspection far as the upper of the corner

Nehemiah 3:32
HEB: וּבֵ֨ין עֲלִיַּ֤ת הַפִּנָּה֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר
NAS: Between the upper room of the corner
KJV: And between the going up of the corner
INT: Between the upper of the corner Gate

Psalm 104:3
HEB: הַ֥מְקָרֶֽה בַמַּ֗יִם עֲ‍ֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו הַשָּׂם־ עָבִ֥ים
NAS: He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
KJV: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters:
INT: lays the waters of his upper makes the clouds

Psalm 104:13
HEB: מַשְׁקֶ֣ה הָ֭רִים מֵעֲלִיּוֹתָ֑יו מִפְּרִ֥י מַ֝עֲשֶׂ֗יךָ
NAS: the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth
KJV: the hills from his chambers: the earth
INT: waters the mountains his upper the fruit of his works

Jeremiah 22:13
HEB: בְּֽלֹא־ צֶ֔דֶק וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
NAS: righteousness And his upper rooms without
KJV: unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong;
INT: without righteousness and his upper without justice

Jeremiah 22:14
HEB: בֵּ֣ית מִדּ֔וֹת וַעֲלִיּ֖וֹת מְרֻוָּחִ֑ים וְקָ֤רַֽע
NAS: With spacious upper rooms, And cut
KJV: and large chambers, and cutteth him out
INT: house A roomy upper spacious and cut

19 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5944
19 Occurrences

‘ă·lî·yaṯ — 5 Occ.
‘ălî·yō·w·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
ba·‘ă·lî·yaṯ — 1 Occ.
ba·‘ă·lî·yā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
hā·‘a·lî·yāh — 6 Occ.
mê·‘ă·lî·yō·w·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
wa·‘ă·lî·yō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wa·‘ă·lî·yō·ṯāw — 2 Occ.
wə·hā·‘ă·lî·yō·wṯ — 1 Occ.