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. Jeremiah 23:7 הֶעֱלָ֛ה he.'e.Lah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

  2. Jeremiah 23:8 הֶעֱלָה֩ he.'e.Lah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

  3. Jeremiah 26:10 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house.

  4. Jeremiah 27:22 וְהַֽעֲלִיתִים֙ ve.ha.'a.li.Tim · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

  5. Jeremiah 30:17 אַעֲלֶ֨ה 'a.'a.Leh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

  6. Jeremiah 31:6 וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה ve.na.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.

  7. Jeremiah 32:35 עָֽלְתָה֙ 'al.Tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

  8. Jeremiah 33:6 מַעֲלֶה־ ma.'a.leh- · An -ing word: causing it

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.

  9. Jeremiah 33:18 מַעֲלֶ֨ה ma.'a.Leh · An -ing word: causing it

    neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

  10. Jeremiah 34:21 הָעֹלִ֖ים ha.'o.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, that are gone away from you.

  11. Jeremiah 35:11 בַּעֲל֨וֹת ba.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.

  12. Jeremiah 37:5 וַיֵּ֣עָל֔וּ vai.Ye.'a.Lu · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.

  13. Jeremiah 37:11 בְּהֵֽעָלוֹת֙ be.he.'a.lOt · The “to do” form of an action: receiving the action

    And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

  14. Jeremiah 38:10 וְֽהַעֲלִ֜יתָ ve.ha.'a.Li.ta · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by you

    Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

  15. Jeremiah 38:13 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

  16. Jeremiah 39:5 וַֽ֠יַּעֲלֻהוּ Vai.ya.'a.lu.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.

  17. Jeremiah 44:21 וַֽתַּעֲלֶ֖ה va.ta.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember them, and came it not into his mind?

  18. Jeremiah 46:4 וַֽעֲלוּ֙ va.'a.Lu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

  19. Jeremiah 46:7 יַֽעֲלֶ֑ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

  20. Jeremiah 46:8 יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

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