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Lexicon :: Strong's H4605 - maʿal

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מַעַל
Transliteration
maʿal
Pronunciation
mah'al
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x

The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x
The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).
substantive

  1. higher part, upper part

    adverb

    1. above

      preposition

    2. on the top of, above, on higher ground than

      with locative

    3. upwards, higher, above

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
STRONGS H4605: Abbreviations
מַ֫עַל 140 substantive, higher part, only in adverb and preposition phrases, above, upwards (Phoenician מעל, see below מַ֫טּה: abbreviated from מַעֲלֶה; compare מַ֫עַן in לְמַ֫עַן from ׃עָנָה Köii. 116): —
†1. מִמַּ֫עַל = above (see מִן 1c)
a. as adverb Amos 2:9 וָאַשְׁמִיד מִמֵּעַל פִּרְיוֹ his fruit above (opposed to שָׁרָשָׁיו מִתָּ֑חַת), Job 18:16; 1 Kings 7:3, 20, 29; often in the phrase הַשָּׁמַמַיִם מִמַּעַל Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 5:8 (= Exodus 20:4), Joshua 2:11; 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 4:28; compare שְׁחָקִים מ׳ Psalm 78:23; Proverbs 8:28, אֱלוֺהַּ מ׳ Job 3:4; Job 31:2, אֵל מ׳ Job 31:28.
b. מִמַּעַל לְ, as preposition (מן 1c), on the top of, above, Genesis 22:9 ממעל לָעֵצִים above the wood, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20, Leviticus 11:21 כְּרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו, Isaiah 6:2 שְׁרָפִים עֹמדים מִמַּעַל לוֺ, Isaiah 14:13; Jeremiah 43:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Daniel 12:6, 7; = on higher ground than, Jeremiah 35:4; figurative Jeremiah 52:32 (|| 2 Kings 25:28 מֵעַל).
2. With ָ  ה locative מַ֫עְלָה, מָ֑עְלָה upwards (opposed to מַ֫טָּה) :
†a. figurative Deuteronomy 28:43 יַעֲלֶה עֶלֶיךָ מַ֫עְלָה מָ֫עְלָה upwards, upwards, i.e. higher and higher (opposed to מַ֫טָּה מָֽטָה).
†b. וָמַ֫עְלָה
(a) of direction in space, Judges 1:36 מֵהַסֶּלַע וָמַ֫עְלָה from the rock and upwards (compare Bu), 1 Kings 7:31 (corrupt: see Sta VB Benz), 1 Samuel 9:2 = 1 Samuel 10:23 מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה from his shoulder and upwards: so וּלְמ׳, † Ezekiel 1:27 מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָ֑עְלָה Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 43:5.
(b) of direction in time, or age: —
(α) מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Exodus 30:14; Numbers 1:3 + 19 times P, מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ וָמ׳ Numbers 3:15, 22 + 6 times P, simil. Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24 + 7 times P; elsewhere only 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24; Ezra 3:8, and with וּלְמַעְלָה † 1 Chronicles 23:17; 2 Chronicles 31:16, 17; לְמִבֶּן ֗֗֗ וָמ׳ † 2 Chronicles 25:5; and 2 Kings 3:21 מִכֹּל חֹגֵר חֲגֹרָה וָמ׳.
† (β) מהיום ההוא וָמ׳ from that day and onwards, 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25.
† (γ) מן היום הזִה וָמ׳ from this day and upwards (i.e. and back), Haggai 2:15, 18 **and onwards (as β) is more probably: see Now WeKl. Proph. ed. 8 {1898} Marti Dr.
†c. לְמַ֫עְלָךְ upwards, more common than מ׳ alone (a):
(a) Exodus 25:20 (= Exodus 37:9) פֹּֽרְשֵׂי למ׳ כְנָפַיִם Judges 7:13 ויהפכחו למ׳ overthrew it upwards, i.e. turned it downside up, Isaiah 7:11 אוֺ הַגְבֵּהַּ למ׳ or make it (the request) high upwards, Isaiah 8:21 וּפָנָה למ׳, Isaiah 37:31 (2 Kings 19:30) ועשׂה פרי למ׳ (compare Amos 2:9, 1 a), Ezekiel 41:7 a β (Ezekiel 41:7a α bis למ׳ למ׳ = higher and higher), Psalm 74:5; figurative וְהָיִיתָ רַק למ׳ Deuteronomy 28:13 (compare a), Proverbs 15:24 אֹרַח חַיִּים למ׳ (opposed to שְׁאוֺל מָֽטָּה ׃), compare Ecclesiastes 3:21; followed by a noun, Ezra 9:6 רּאשׁ למ׳ over the head, followed by מֵעַל (compare Aboth Ezra 2:1 לְמַעְלָה מִן) = above, 2 Chronicles 34:4: see also b a, b a.
(b) metaphor = exceedingly, only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 14:2; 1 Chronicles 22:5 the house must be built to J. לְהַגְדִּיל למ׳ so as to shew greatness exceedingly, 1 Chronicles 23:17 רָבוּ למ׳ וּבְנֵי ר׳, 1 Chronicles 29:3 (followed by מִ ן; = over and above...), 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1 וַיְגַדְּלֵהוּ למ׳, 2 Chronicles 20:19; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה, 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8.
†d. מִלְמַ֫עְלָה (see מִן 9a), adverb, above (the more usual prose synonym of מִמַּעַל): Genesis 6:16 אֶלאַֿמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מ׳ Genesis 7:20 fifteen cubits מ׳ (i.e. above the mountain-tops), Exodus 25:21 (Exodus 40:20) מ׳ הארון על אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וְנָתַתָּ֫ה upon the ark above, Exodus 26:14 (Exodus 36:19; 40:19; Numbers 4:25) a covering of skins on the tent מ׳ above, Num 39:31; Numbers 4:6; 1 Kings 7:11, 25; 1 Kings 8:7 (2 Chronicles 4:4; 5:8), Jeremiah 31:37 אִם יִמַּדּוּ שָׁמַיִם מ׳ (compare 1 a), Ezekiel 1:11 מ׳ פְּרֻדוֹת separate above, Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 37:8; from above, Joshua 3:13, 16 הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:16; 7:20; 22:9

Exodus

20:4; 25:20; 25:21; 26:14; 28:27; 30:14; 36:19; 37:9; 39:20; 40:19; 40:20

Leviticus

11:21

Numbers

1:3; 3:15; 3:22; 4:3; 4:6; 4:25; 8:24

Deuteronomy

4:39; 5:8; 28:13; 28:43

Joshua

2:11; 3:13; 3:16

Judges

1:36; 7:13

1 Samuel

9:2; 10:23; 16:13; 30:25

1 Kings

7:3; 7:11; 7:20; 7:25; 7:29; 7:31; 8:7; 8:23

2 Kings

3:21; 19:30; 25:28

1 Chronicles

14:2; 22:5; 23:3; 23:17; 23:17; 23:24; 29:3; 29:25

2 Chronicles

1:1; 4:4; 5:8; 16:12; 17:12; 20:19; 25:5; 26:8; 31:16; 31:17; 34:4

Ezra

2:1; 3:8; 9:6

Job

3:4; 18:16; 31:2; 31:28

Psalms

74:5; 78:23

Proverbs

8:28; 15:24

Ecclesiastes

3:21

Isaiah

6:2; 7:11; 8:21; 14:13; 37:31; 45:8

Jeremiah

4:28; 31:37; 35:4; 43:10; 52:32

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:22; 1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 8:2; 10:19; 11:22; 37:8; 41:7; 41:7; 43:5

Daniel

12:6; 12:7

Amos

2:9; 2:9

Haggai

2:15; 2:18

H4605

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Strong's Number H4605 matches the Hebrew מַעַל (maʿal),
which occurs 140 times in 134 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Num 14:29–Job 3:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your [fn]numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward H4605, who have grumbled against Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:2 - “Take a [fn]census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward H4605, by their fathers’ households, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:4 - “Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward H4605, as Yahweh has commanded Moses.”

Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - And those who were numbered of them were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward H4605, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - ‘None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward H4605, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - “Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that Yahweh, He is God in heaven above H4605 and on the earth below; there is no other.

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‘You shall not make for yourself [fn]an idol—any likeness of what is in heaven above H4605 [fn]or on the earth beneath [fn]or in the water under the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - “And Yahweh will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above H4605, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am commanding you today, to keep and to do,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - “The sojourner who is among you shall rise above you higher H4605 and higher H4605, but you will go down lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:11 - “Indeed we heard it, and our hearts melted, and a courageous spirit no longer rose up in any man because of you; for Yahweh your God, He is God in heaven above H4605 and on earth beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - “And it will be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are [fn]flowing down from above H4605 [fn]will stand in one heap.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters which were [fn]flowing down from above H4605 stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were [fn]flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - Now the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward H4605.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - Then Gideon came, and behold, a man was recounting a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I [fn]had a dream; [fn]a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it [fn]upside H4605 down H4605 so that the tent lay flat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - Now he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - So they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people. And he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of Yahweh [fn]came mightily upon David from that day forward H4605. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - So it has been from that day forward H4605, that he made it a statute and a judgment for Israel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 - And it was paneled with cedar above H4605 the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - And above H4605 were precious stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - And there were capitals on the two pillars, even right above H4605 the [fn]rounded projection which was on the one side of the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around [fn]both capitals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top H4605 of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the borders which were between the [fn]frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the [fn]frames there was a pedestal above H4605, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:31 - And its opening inside the capital at the top H4605 was a cubit, and its opening was round like the workmanship of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - And he said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven above H4605 or upon earth beneath, keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart,

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Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And they summoned all who were able to [fn]put on armor and older H4605, and they stood on the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - ‘And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was lifted H4605 up, for the sake of His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh shall be highly H4605 exalted, for a name and beauty throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward H4605, and their number by [fn]census of men was 38,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:17 -

The [fn]son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very H4605 many.

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These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were [fn]counted, in the number of names by their [fn]census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:27 - For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - “Moreover, in my pleasure in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over H4605 and above H4605 all that I have already prepared for the holy [fn]house,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25 - And Yahweh highly H4605 exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and granted to him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.

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Now Solomon the son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom, and [fn]Yahweh his God was with him and highly H4605 exalted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top H4605 of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8 - And the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - And Asa became diseased in his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign. His disease was severe H4605, yet even in his disease he did not seek Yahweh, but the physicians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat grew greater H4605 and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:19 - Then the Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, rose up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with a very H4605 loud voice.

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Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he [fn]took a census of those from twenty years old and upward H4605 and found them to be 300,000 choice men, able to go out for military duty, able to handle spear and large shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:8 - The Ammonites also gave tribute to Uzziah, and his [fn]fame extended to the border of Egypt, for he became very H4605 strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - without regard to their genealogical record, to the males from [fn]thirty years old and upward H4605—everyone who entered the house of Yahweh for his daily obligations—for their service in their responsibilities according to their divisions;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - as well as the priests who were recorded genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites from twenty years old and upwards H4605, by their responsibilities and their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - And they tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high H4605 above H4605 them he cut in pieces; also the Asherim, the graven images, and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older H4605 to direct the work of the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have multiplied above H4605 our heads and our guilt has become great even to the heavens.

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“May that day be darkness;

Let not God seek it from above H4605,

Nor light shine on it.


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