עָלָה

a.lah · to ascend: rise

Hebrew · Strong's H5927 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-law' · 890 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to ascend: rise H5927G 618
  • to ascend: establish H5927H · a Meaning of 153
  • to ascend: offer up H5927I · a Meaning of 85
  • to ascend: attack H5927J · a Meaning of 12
  • to ascend: regurgitate H5927M · a Meaning of 9
  • to ascend: dawn H5927L · a Meaning of 7
  • to ascend: copulate H5927K · a Meaning of 6

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עָלָה 890 vb. go up, ascend, climb
Qal
1. of persons, go up, ascend, in local relations
2. go up, in personal relations
3. of animals, go or come up
4. of vegetation, spring up, grow, shoot forth
5. of natural phenom., go up, rise
6. of inanimate things, instead of passive construction
7. of thoughts
8. come up before God, arrogance
9. go up, extend, of boundary
10. excel
Niph.
1.
a. be brought up
b. be taken up
c.
(1). pass., be taken up, away
(2). reflex., take oneself away from, get up from
2. reflex.: take oneself away
3. be exalted, of God
Hiph.
1. bring up persons
2. in personal relations
3. bring up animals
4. cause to ascend
5. mentally
6. offer a present; bring up tithe to
7. exalt
8. cause to ascend (in flame), offer sacrifice
Hoph.
1. be carried away
2. be taken up into, inserted in
3. be offered
Hithp. lift oneself

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:6 וַיַּ֧עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.

  2. 1 Chronicles 13:6 וַיַּ֨עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.

  3. 1 Chronicles 13:6 לְהַעֲל֣וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.

  4. 1 Chronicles 14:8 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.

  5. 1 Chronicles 14:10 הַאֶֽעֱלֶה֙ ha.'e.'e.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy hand.

  6. 1 Chronicles 14:10 עֲלֵ֔ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy hand.

  7. 1 Chronicles 14:11 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath broken mine enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

  8. 1 Chronicles 14:14 תַֽעֲלֶ֖ה ta.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.

  9. 1 Chronicles 15:3 לְהַעֲלוֹת֙ le.ha.'a.lOt · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.

  10. 1 Chronicles 15:12 וְהַֽעֲלִיתֶ֗ם ve.ha.'a.li.Tem · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it.

  11. 1 Chronicles 15:14 לְהַעֲל֕וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  12. 1 Chronicles 15:25 לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

  13. 1 Chronicles 15:28 מַעֲלִים֙ ma.'a.Lim · An -ing word: causing it

    Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.

  14. 1 Chronicles 16:2 מֵהַעֲל֥וֹת me.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.

  15. 1 Chronicles 16:40 לְֽהַעֲלוֹת֩ le.ha.'a.lOt · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar of burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded unto Israel;

  16. 1 Chronicles 17:5 הֶעֱלֵ֙יתִי֙ he.'e.Lei.ti · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

  17. 1 Chronicles 21:18 יַעֲלֶ֣ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  18. 1 Chronicles 21:19 וַיַּ֤עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah.

  19. 1 Chronicles 21:24 וְהַעֲל֥וֹת ve.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.

  20. 1 Chronicles 21:26 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

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