eg-zolt' (rum, gabhah (mappiq he), nasa'; hupsoo): The Hebrew word most often translated "exalt," "exalted," is rum; "to lift up," "to be or become high." It is used with reference to both God and man, eg.
Ex 15:2, "My father's God, and I will exalt him";
Ps 99:5,
9, "Exalt ye Yahweh our God"; compare 107:32; 118:28;
1Sa 2:10, "Exalt the horn of his anointed";
Job 17:4, "Therefore shalt thou not exalt them"; compare
Isa 13:2 the King James Version; 14:13; gabhah, "to be high," figuratively "to be exalted," occurs in
Job 36:7;
Pr 17:19 the King James Version;
Isa 5:16, etc.; nasa'," to lift up," occurs in
Nu 24:7;
1Ch 29:11, etc.; other words are calal, "to raise up" (
Ex 9:17;
Pr 4:8), saghabh (
Job 5:11;
36:22 the King James Version;
Isa 2:11,
17;
12:4;
33:5), ramam, "to be high" (
Job 24:24;
Ps 118:16).