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. Numbers 22:41 וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ vai.ya.'a.Le.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

  2. Numbers 23:2 וַיַּ֨עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

  3. Numbers 23:4 וָאַ֛עַל va.'A.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by me

    And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  4. Numbers 23:14 וַיַּ֛עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  5. Numbers 23:30 וַיַּ֛עַל vai.Ya.'al · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  6. Numbers 27:12 עֲלֵ֛ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

  7. Numbers 32:9 וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them.

  8. Numbers 32:11 הָעֹלִ֣ים ha.'o.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

  9. Numbers 33:38 וַיַּעַל֩ vai.ya.'Al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

  10. Deuteronomy 1:21 עֲלֵ֣ה 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

  11. Deuteronomy 1:22 נַעֲלֶה־ na.'a.leh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.

  12. Deuteronomy 1:24 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

  13. Deuteronomy 1:26 לַעֲלֹ֑ת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:

  14. Deuteronomy 1:28 עֹלִ֗ים 'o.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

  15. Deuteronomy 1:41 נַעֲלֶה֙ na.'a.Leh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

  16. Deuteronomy 1:41 לַעֲלֹ֥ת la.'a.Lot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

  17. Deuteronomy 1:42 תַֽעֲלוּ֙ ta.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

  18. Deuteronomy 1:43 וַתַּעֲל֥וּ va.ta.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by all of you

    So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.

  19. Deuteronomy 3:1 וַנַּ֔עַל va.Na.'al · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by us

    Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei.

  20. Deuteronomy 3:27 עֲלֵ֣ה׀ 'a.Leh · A command to you: simple action

    Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

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