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 15:15 וַיַּ֣עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

  2. Joshua 16:1 עֹלֶ֧ה 'o.Leh · An -ing word: simple action

    And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

  3. Joshua 17:15 עֲלֵ֣ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.

  4. Joshua 18:11 וַיַּ֗עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

  5. Joshua 18:12 וְעָלָ֣ה ve.'a.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

  6. Joshua 18:12 וְעָלָ֤ה ve.'a.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

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

    And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid;

  8. Joshua 19:11 וְעָלָ֨ה ve.'a.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;

  9. Joshua 19:12 וְעָלָ֥ה ve.'a.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;

  10. Joshua 19:47 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

  11. Joshua 22:12 לַעֲל֥וֹת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

  12. Joshua 22:23 לְהַעֲל֨וֹת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it;

  13. Joshua 22:33 לַעֲל֤וֹת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.

  14. Joshua 24:17 הַמַּעֲלֶ֨ה ha.ma.'a.Leh · An -ing word: causing it

    for Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;

  15. Joshua 24:32 הֶעֱל֨וּ he.'e.Lu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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