עָלָה

a.lah · to ascend: rise

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

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 Samuel 1:3 וְעָלָה֩ ve.'a.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.

  2. 1 Samuel 1:7 עֲלֹתָהּ֙ 'a.lo.Tah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:11 יַעֲלֶ֥ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

  4. 1 Samuel 1:21 וַיַּ֛עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

  5. 1 Samuel 1:22 עָלָ֑תָה 'a.La.tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

  6. 1 Samuel 1:24 וַתַּעֲלֵ֨הוּ va.ta.'a.Le.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of Jehovah in Shiloh: and the child was young.

  7. 1 Samuel 2:6 וַיָּֽעַל׃ vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

  8. 1 Samuel 2:14 יַעֲלֶ֣ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

  9. 1 Samuel 2:19 וְהַעַלְתָ֥ה ve.ha.'al.Tah · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

  10. 1 Samuel 2:19 בַּֽעֲלוֹתָהּ֙ ba.'a.lo.Tah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

  11. 1 Samuel 2:28 לַעֲל֣וֹת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

  12. 1 Samuel 5:12 וַתַּ֛עַל va.Ta.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

  13. 1 Samuel 6:7 עָלָ֥ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

  14. 1 Samuel 6:9 יַֽעֲלֶה֙ ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

  15. 1 Samuel 6:14 הֶעֱל֥וּ he.'e.Lu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

  16. 1 Samuel 6:15 הֶעֱל֨וּ he.'e.Lu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah.

  17. 1 Samuel 6:20 יַעֲלֶ֥ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

  18. 1 Samuel 6:21 הַעֲל֥וּ ha.'a.Lu · A command to all of you: causing it

    And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Jehovah; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

  19. 1 Samuel 7:1 וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

  20. 1 Samuel 7:7 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

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