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. Job 1:5 וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה ve.he.'e.Lah · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

  2. Job 5:26 כַּעֲל֖וֹת ka.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

  3. Job 6:18 יַעֲל֖וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

  4. Job 7:9 יַעֲלֶֽה׃ ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

  5. Job 20:6 יַעֲלֶ֣ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

  6. Job 36:20 לַעֲל֖וֹת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.

  7. Job 36:33 עוֹלֶֽה׃ o.Leh · An -ing word: simple action

    The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.

  8. Job 42:8 וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֤ם ve.ha.'a.li.Tem · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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