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. Joshua 2:6 הֶעֱלָ֣תַם he.'e.La.tam · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

  2. Joshua 2:8 עָלְתָ֥ה 'al.Tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

  3. Joshua 4:16 וְיַעֲל֖וּ ve.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

  4. Joshua 4:17 עֲל֖וּ 'a.Lu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.

  5. Joshua 4:18 כַּעֲל֨וֹת ka.'a.lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.

  6. Joshua 4:19 עָלוּ֙ 'a.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

  7. Joshua 6:5 וְעָל֥וּ ve.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.

  8. Joshua 6:15 כַּעֲל֣וֹת ka.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

  9. Joshua 6:20 וַיַּ֨עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

  10. Joshua 7:2 עֲל֖וּ 'a.Lu · A command to all of you: simple action

    And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

  11. Joshua 7:2 וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

  12. Joshua 7:3 יַ֣עַל Ya.'al · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

  13. Joshua 7:3 יַעֲל֖וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

  14. Joshua 7:4 וַיַּעֲל֤וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

  15. Joshua 7:6 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

  16. Joshua 7:24 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.

  17. Joshua 8:1 עֲלֵ֣ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;

  18. Joshua 8:3 לַעֲל֣וֹת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.

  19. Joshua 8:10 וַיַּ֨עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

  20. Joshua 8:11 עָלוּ֙ 'a.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.

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