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. Ezekiel 8:11 עֹלֶֽה׃ 'o.Leh · An -ing word: simple action

    And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.

  2. Ezekiel 9:3 נַעֲלָה֙ na.'a.Lah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side.

  3. Ezekiel 11:23 וַיַּ֙עַל֙ vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

  4. Ezekiel 11:24 וַיַּ֙עַל֙ vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

  5. Ezekiel 13:5 עֲלִיתֶם֙ 'a.li.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.

  6. Ezekiel 14:3 הֶעֱל֤וּ he.'e.Lu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

  7. Ezekiel 14:4 יַעֲלֶ֨ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

  8. Ezekiel 14:7 וְיַ֤עַל ve.Ya.'al · A mild command: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that separateth himself from me, and taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Jehovah will answer him by myself:

  9. Ezekiel 16:40 וְהֶעֱל֤וּ ve.he.'e.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by them

    They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

  10. Ezekiel 19:3 וַתַּ֛עַל va.Ta.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  11. Ezekiel 20:32 וְהָֽעֹלָה֙ ve.ha.'o.Lah · An -ing word: simple action

    and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, in that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

  12. Ezekiel 23:46 הַעֲלֵ֤ה ha.'a.Leh · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed.

  13. Ezekiel 24:8 לְהַעֲל֤וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

  14. Ezekiel 26:3 וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י ve.ha.'a.lei.Ti · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up.

  15. Ezekiel 26:3 כְּהַעֲל֥וֹת ke.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up.

  16. Ezekiel 26:19 בְּהַעֲל֤וֹת be.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters shall cover thee;

  17. Ezekiel 27:30 וְיַעֲל֤וּ ve.ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

  18. Ezekiel 29:4 וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙ ve.ha.'a.li.Ti.kha · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.

  19. Ezekiel 32:3 וְהֶעֱל֖וּךָ ve.he.'e.Lu.kha · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by them

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

  20. Ezekiel 36:3 וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּ va.te.'a.Lu · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by all of you

    therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;

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