Strong's Concordance
Original word: עֲלִיָּה
Transliteration: aliyyah
Definition (short): chamber
Definition (full): something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from alah
Definition: a roof chamber
NASB Translation: chamber over (1), roof chamber (4), upper chamber (4), upper chambers (2), upper room (4), upper rooms (4).
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References
KJV:
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
NASB:
Ehud came to him while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat.
KJV:
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
NASB:
Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.
KJV:
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
NASB:
When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, "He is only relieving himself in the cool room."
KJV:
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
NASB:
They waited until they became anxious; but behold, he did not open the doors of the roof chamber. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor dead.
KJV:
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
NASB:
The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"