עָלָה

a.lah · to ascend: rise

Hebrew · Strong's H5927 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-law' · 890 occurrences

English

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. Exodus 10:12 וְיַ֖עַל ve.Ya.'al · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

  2. Exodus 10:14 וַיַּ֣עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

  3. Exodus 12:38 עָלָ֣ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

  4. Exodus 13:18 עָל֥וּ 'a.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

  5. Exodus 13:19 וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֧ם ve.ha.'a.li.Tem · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

  6. Exodus 16:13 וַתַּ֣עַל va.Ta.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.

  7. Exodus 16:14 וַתַּ֖עַל va.Ta.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.

  8. Exodus 17:3 הֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּ he.'e.li.Ta.nu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

  9. Exodus 17:10 עָל֖וּ 'a.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

  10. Exodus 19:3 עָלָ֖ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

  11. Exodus 19:12 עֲל֥וֹת a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

  12. Exodus 19:13 יַעֲל֥וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

  13. Exodus 19:18 וַיַּ֤עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  14. Exodus 19:20 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

  15. Exodus 19:23 לַעֲלֹ֖ת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

  16. Exodus 19:24 וְעָלִ֥יתָ ve.'a.Li.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

  17. Exodus 19:24 לַעֲלֹ֥ת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

  18. Exodus 20:26 תַעֲלֶ֥ה ta.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

  19. Exodus 24:1 עֲלֵ֣ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:

  20. Exodus 24:2 יַעֲל֖וּ ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

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