עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (c. adjective masculine [Jer 22:14], compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 83 KöSynt. § 251 k) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., ᵑ7 עֲלִיתָא, Syriac (whence Arabic dining-room as loan-word Frä20 f.); Sabean עלית DHMEpigr. Denkm. 27); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute ׳ע [Judg 3:23]; [Judg 3:24]; [Judg 3:25] (compare NesMarg. 13), [1Kgs 17:19]; [1Kgs 17:23]; [2Kgs 4:11] construct עֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה [Judg 3:20], קִֿיר׳ע [2Kgs 4:10] roof-chamber with walls (permanent); הַשַּׁעַר ׳ע [2Sam 19:1], i.e. over the gateway; הַפִּנָּה ׳ע [Neh 3:31]; [Neh 3:32] i.e. at a corner of the wall; אָחָז ׳ע [2Kgs 23:12] (probably built by A.); suffix עֲלִיָּתוֺ [2Kgs 1:2] (belonging to Ahaziah); — [2Chr 9:4] read עֹלֹתָיו (compare || [1Kgs 10:5]); plural absolute עֲלִיּוֺת מְרֻוָּחִים [Jer 22:14] spacious roof-chambers; in Solomon's temple according to [2Chr 3:9], so suffix עֲלִיּתָיו [1Chr 28:11] more generally עֲלִיּוֺתָיו [Jer 22:13] ׳י's chambers in sky [Ps 104:3], containing rain, v[Ps 104:13].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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