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. Judges 6:35 וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

  2. Judges 8:8 וַיַּ֤עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

  3. Judges 8:11 וַיַּ֣עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.

  4. Judges 9:48 וַיַּ֨עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

  5. Judges 9:51 וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

  6. Judges 11:13 בַּעֲלוֹת֣וֹ ba.'a.lo.To · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

  7. Judges 11:16 בַּעֲלוֹתָ֣ם ba.'a.lo.Tam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

  8. Judges 11:31 וְהַעֲלִיתִ֖הוּ ve.ha.'a.li.Ti.hu · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

  9. Judges 12:3 עֲלִיתֶ֥ם 'a.li.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

  10. Judges 13:5 יַעֲלֶ֣ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

  11. Judges 13:16 תַּעֲלֶ֑נָּה ta.'a.Le.nah · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

  12. Judges 13:19 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto Jehovah: and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.

  13. Judges 13:20 בַעֲל֨וֹת va.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

  14. Judges 13:20 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

  15. Judges 14:2 וַיַּ֗עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

  16. Judges 14:19 וַיַּ֖עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

  17. Judges 15:6 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

  18. Judges 15:9 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

  19. Judges 15:10 עֲלִיתֶ֣ם 'a.li.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

  20. Judges 15:10 עָלִ֔ינוּ 'a.Li.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

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