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. 2 Chronicles 29:20 וַיַּ֖עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

  2. 2 Chronicles 29:21 לְהַעֲל֖וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovah.

  3. 2 Chronicles 29:27 לְהַעֲל֥וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.

  4. 2 Chronicles 29:29 לְהַעֲל֑וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.

  5. 2 Chronicles 32:5 וַיַּ֣עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

  6. 2 Chronicles 34:30 וַיַּ֣עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.

  7. 2 Chronicles 35:14 בְּהַֽעֲל֛וֹת be.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering the burnt-offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

  8. 2 Chronicles 35:16 וְהַעֲל֣וֹת ve.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

  9. 2 Chronicles 35:20 עָלָ֞ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

  10. 2 Chronicles 36:6 עָלָ֔ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

  11. 2 Chronicles 36:16 עֲל֧וֹת a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  12. 2 Chronicles 36:17 וַיַּ֨עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

  13. 2 Chronicles 36:23 וְיָֽעַל׃ ve.Ya.'al · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.

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