מַעֲלֵ֣ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַעֲלֵ֣ה

   ma-a-LEH

   the ascent of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים

   ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM

   the ascent of Adummim
3. clause🔊 וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ין שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים

   ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM

   and it turns to the north and it goes out to the spring of Shemesh and it goes out to Geliloth which is opposite the ascent of Adummim
4. sentence🔊 וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ין שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וְיָרַ֕ד אֶ֥בֶן בֹּ֖הַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן׃

   ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM ve-ya-RAD E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN

   and it turns to the north and it goes out to the spring of Shemesh and it goes out to Geliloth which is opposite the ascent of Adummim and it descends to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben

Exegesis

The relative particle ʼă-šer- {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʼă-šer-} ‘which’ plus the preposition nō-ḥaḵ {נֹ֖כַח | nō-ḥaḵ} ‘opposite’ directs orientation toward ma-ʻă-lē {מַעֲלֵ֣ה | ma-ʻă-lē} ‘ascent’ (mountain pass).