עֲלִיָּה

עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (c. adjective masculine Jer 22,14, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 83} Kö^{Synt. § 251 k}) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., ᵑ7 עֲלִיתָא, Syriac (whence Arabic dining-room as loan-word Frä^{20 f.}); Sabean עלית DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 27}); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute ׳ע Dom 3,23; Dom 3,24; Dom 3,25 (compare Nes^{Marg. 13}), 1 Kong 17,19; 1 Kong 17,23; 2 Kong 4,11 construct עֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה Dom 3,20, קִֿיר׳ע 2 Kong 4,10 roof-chamber with walls (permanent); הַשַּׁעַר ׳ע 2 Sam 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 2 Kong 23,12 (probably built by A.); suffix עֲלִיָּתוֺ 2 Kong 1,2 (belonging to Ahaziah); — 2 Kron 9,4 read עֹלֹתָיו (compare || 1 Kong 10,5); plural absolute עֲלִיּוֺת מְרֻוָּחִים Jer 22,14 spacious roof-chambers; in Solomon's temple according to 2 Kron 3,9, so suffix עֲלִיּתָיו 1 Kron 28,11 more generally עֲלִיּוֺתָיו Jer 22,13 ׳י's chambers in sky Sl 104,3, containing rain, vSl 104,13.