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. Leviticus 11:45 הַֽמַּעֲלֶ֤ה ha.ma.'a.Leh · An -ing word: causing it

    For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

  2. Leviticus 14:20 וְהֶעֱלָ֧ה ve.he.'e.Lah · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meal-offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

  3. Leviticus 16:9 עָלָ֥ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering.

  4. Leviticus 16:10 עָלָ֨ה 'a.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.

  5. Leviticus 17:8 יַעֲלֶ֥ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that offereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice,

  6. Leviticus 19:19 יַעֲלֶ֖ה ya.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

  7. Leviticus 24:2 לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת le.ha.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

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

  8. Numbers 8:2 בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ be.ha.'a.lo.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.

  9. Numbers 8:3 הֶעֱלָ֖ה he.'e.Lah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  10. Numbers 9:17 הֵעָלֹ֤ת he.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: receiving the action

    And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped.

  11. Numbers 9:21 וְנַעֲלָ֧ה ve.na.'a.Lah · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

  12. Numbers 9:21 וְנַעֲלָ֥ה ve.na.'a.Lah · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

  13. Numbers 9:22 וּבְהֵעָלֹת֖וֹ u.ve.he.'a.lo.To · The “to do” form of an action: receiving the action

    Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  14. Numbers 10:11 נַעֲלָה֙ na.'a.Lah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.

  15. Numbers 13:17 עֲל֥וּ 'a.Lu · A command to all of you: simple action

    And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

  16. Numbers 13:17 וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם va.'a.li.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:

  17. Numbers 13:21 וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.

  18. Numbers 13:22 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  19. Numbers 13:30 עָלֹ֤ה 'a.Loh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

  20. Numbers 13:30 נַעֲלֶה֙ na.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

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