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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. Joel 1:6 עָלָ֣ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

  2. Joel 2:7 יַעֲל֣וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.

  3. Joel 2:9 יַעֲל֑וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

  4. Joel 2:20 וְעָלָ֣ה ve.'a.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.

  5. Joel 2:20 וְתַ֙עַל֙ ve.Ta.'al · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.

  6. Joel 3:9 יַֽעֲל֔וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

  7. Joel 3:12 וְיַעֲל֣וּ ve.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

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