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. Psalms 18:8 עָ֘לָ֤ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

  2. Psalms 24:3 יַעֲלֶ֥ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place?

  3. Psalms 30:3 הֶֽעֱלִ֣יתָ he.'e.Li.ta · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

  4. Psalms 40:2 וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי׀ vai.ya.'a.Le.ni · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

  5. Psalms 47:5 עָלָ֣ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    God is gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

  6. Psalms 47:9 נַעֲלָֽה׃ na.'a.Lah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The princes of the peoples are gathered together To be the people of the God of Abraham: For the shields of the earth belong unto God; He is greatly exalted.

  7. Psalms 51:19 יַעֲל֖וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

  8. Psalms 62:9 לַעֲל֑וֹת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

  9. Psalms 66:15 אַעֲלֶה־ 'a.'a.leh- · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

  10. Psalms 68:18 עָ֘לִ֤יתָ 'a.Li.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them.

  11. Psalms 71:20 תַּעֲלֵֽנִי׃ ta.'a.Le.ni · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

  12. Psalms 74:23 עֹלֶ֥ה 'o.Leh · An -ing word: simple action

    Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

  13. Psalms 78:21 עָלָ֥ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

  14. Psalms 78:31 עָ֘לָ֤ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

  15. Psalms 81:10 הַֽ֭מַּעַלְךָ Ha.ma.'al.kha · An -ing word: causing it

    I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

  16. Psalms 97:9 נַ֝עֲלֵ֗יתָ na.'a.Lei.ta · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.

  17. Psalms 102:24 תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי Ta.'al.ni · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

  18. Psalms 104:8 יַעֲל֣וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    (The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

  19. Psalms 107:26 יַעֲל֣וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

  20. Psalms 122:4 עָל֪וּ 'a.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, For an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

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