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 46:8 אַֽעֲלֶה֙ 'a.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    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.

  2. Jeremiah 46:9 עֲל֤וּ 'a.Lu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.

  3. Jeremiah 46:11 עֲלִ֤י 'a.Li · A command to you: simple action

    Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.

  4. Jeremiah 47:2 עֹלִ֤ים 'o.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

  5. Jeremiah 48:5 יַֽעֲלֶה־ ya.'a.leh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

  6. Jeremiah 48:15 עָלָ֔ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

  7. Jeremiah 48:18 עָ֣לָה 'A.lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

  8. Jeremiah 48:35 מַעֲלֶ֣ה ma.'a.Leh · An -ing word: causing it

    Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

  9. Jeremiah 48:44 וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ ve.ha.'o.Leh · An -ing word: simple action

    He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

  10. Jeremiah 49:19 יַעֲלֶ֨ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

  11. Jeremiah 49:22 יַעֲלֶ֣ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

  12. Jeremiah 49:28 עֲל֣וּ 'a.Lu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.

  13. Jeremiah 49:31 עֲל֗וּ 'a.Lu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.

  14. Jeremiah 50:3 עָלָה֩ 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.

  15. Jeremiah 50:9 וּמַעֲלֶ֨ה u.ma.'a.Leh · An -ing word: causing it

    For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

  16. Jeremiah 50:21 עֲלֵ֣ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

  17. Jeremiah 50:44 יַעֲלֶ֨ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?

  18. Jeremiah 51:3 יִתְעַ֖ל yit.'Al · An action: doing it to oneself, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

  19. Jeremiah 51:16 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  20. Jeremiah 51:27 הַֽעֲלוּ־ ha.'a.lu- · A command to all of you: causing it

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

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