- מַעֲלֶה
- מַעֲלֶהI m. (part. Hif. of עָלָה); מַעֲלֵה עָשָׂן Smoke-Raiser, name of a plant used as an ingredient of frankincense (Fumitory?). Ker.6a. Tosef. Yoma I, 8 (ref. to בענן, Lev. 16:2) מלמד שנותן בו מ׳ ע׳ this intimates that he must add maʿăle ʿashan. (Ib. II, 6; Y. ib. III, 41a היו בקיאין … במ׳ ע׳ understood how to make the smoke of the frankincense rise; Bab. ib. 38a להעלות ע׳.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
