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. Exodus 24:5 וַיַּֽעֲל֖וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah.

  2. Exodus 24:9 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

  3. Exodus 24:12 עֲלֵ֥ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.

  4. Exodus 24:13 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

  5. Exodus 24:15 וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.

  6. Exodus 24:18 וַיַּ֣עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

  7. Exodus 25:37 וְהֶֽעֱלָה֙ ve.he.'e.Lah · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.

  8. Exodus 27:20 לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

  9. Exodus 30:8 וּבְהַעֲלֹ֨ת u.ve.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.

  10. Exodus 30:9 תַעֲל֥וּ ta.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon.

  11. Exodus 32:1 הֶֽעֱלָ֙נוּ֙ he.'e.La.nu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

  12. Exodus 32:4 הֶעֱל֖וּךָ he.'e.Lu.kha · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  13. Exodus 32:6 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

  14. Exodus 32:7 הֶעֱלֵ֖יתָ he.'e.Lei.ta · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

  15. Exodus 32:8 הֶֽעֱל֖וּךָ he.'e.Lu.kha · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  16. Exodus 32:23 הֶֽעֱלָ֙נוּ֙ he.'e.La.nu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

  17. Exodus 32:30 אֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה 'e.'e.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin.

  18. Exodus 33:1 עֲלֵ֣ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

  19. Exodus 33:1 הֶֽעֱלִ֖יתָ he.'e.Li.ta · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

  20. Exodus 33:3 אֶֽעֱלֶ֜ה 'e.'e.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I consume thee in the way.

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