Word Study · Strong's H4610 · Hebrew
מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים
Maaleh Aqrabbim
mah-al-ay' ak-rabbeem'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Maʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym
“Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert
Rendered in the KJV as
Maaleh-accrabim, the ascent (going up) of Akrabbim.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- עַקְרַבִּים֙2
- לְמַעֲלֵ֤ה1
- עַקְרַבִּ֑ים1
How it is rendered · 2
- scorpions3
- to [the] ascent of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpl · 3
- HR/Npl · 1
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 34:4לְמַעֲלֵ֤הlemaalehpreposition + proper noun (a name)cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,here: to [the] ascent of
- Numbers 34:4עַקְרַבִּים֙ʾakrabimproper noun (a name)cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,here: scorpions