Deuteronomy 28:43:6Deut.28.43.W6PAT

מַעְלָה

maala

higher

Transliteration
ma-a-LA
Extended
mah-ah-LAA
IPA
/ma.ˈʕlaː/

Meaning by language

English
higher
French
plus haut
Spanish
más alto
Portuguese
mais alto
German
höher
Russian
выше
Arabic-Simplified
أعلى
Hindi
ऊँचा
Chinese-Simplified
更高
Korean
더 높이
Indonesian
lebih tinggi
Bengali
আরও উঁচু
Tagalog
mas mataas
Swahili
juu zaidi
Amharic
ከፍ
Yoruba
ga
Igbo
karị elu
Twi
soro
Ewe

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Result
מַ + עְ + לָה
ma + a + la
maala

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-a-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ma-a-LA ma-a-LA ve-a-TA

  3. sentence

    ha-GER a-SHER be-KIR-be-KHA ya-a-LE a-LE-kha ma-a-LA ma-a-LA ve-a-TA te-RED ma-TA ma-TA

In contextDeuteronomy 28:43

the sojourner who among you rise above you higher and higher and you descend lower and lower

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 28:43:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 28:43, so the Hebrew word מַעְלָה (maala) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.28.43.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.28.43.W6.S1) and character.