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עָלָה

a.lahto ascend: riseHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb889 occurrences36 books817 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Traditional renderings: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, 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, × mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, 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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָלָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

889 total
  1. Nehemiah 12:37עָלוּ֙ · they went directly up
    At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
  2. Job 1:5וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה · to offer
    And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
  3. Job 5:26כַּעֲל֖וֹת · gathered
    You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
  4. Job 6:18יַעֲל֖וּ · they go
    Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
  5. Job 7:9יַעֲלֶֽה׃ · come back up
    As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
  6. Job 20:6יַעֲלֶ֣ה · reaches
    Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
  7. Job 36:20לַעֲל֖וֹת · vanish
    Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
  8. Job 36:33עוֹלֶֽה׃ · the rising [storm]
    The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
  9. Job 42:8וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֤ם · and sacrifice
    So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
  10. Psalm 18:8עָ֘לָ֤ה · rose
    Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
  11. Psalm 24:3יַעֲלֶ֥ה · may ascend
    Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
  12. Psalm 30:3הֶֽעֱלִ֣יתָ · up
    O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
  13. Psalm 40:2וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי׀ · He lifted me up
    He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  14. Psalm 47:5עָלָ֣ה · has ascended
    God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
  15. Psalm 47:9נַעֲלָֽה׃ · exalted
    The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
  16. Psalm 51:19יַעֲל֖וּ · will be offered
    Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
  17. Psalm 62:9לַעֲל֑וֹת · go up
    Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
  18. Psalm 66:15אַעֲלֶה־ · I will offer
    I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
  19. Psalm 68:18עָ֘לִ֤יתָ · You have ascended
    You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
  20. Psalm 71:20תַּעֲלֵֽנִי׃ · You will bring me
    Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
  21. Psalm 74:23עֹלֶ֥ה · that ascends
    Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
  22. Psalm 78:21עָלָ֥ה · flared
    Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
  23. Psalm 78:31עָ֘לָ֤ה · flared
    God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
  24. Psalm 81:10הַֽ֭מַּעַלְךָ · who brought you up
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
  25. Psalm 97:9נַ֝עֲלֵ֗יתָ · You are exalted
    For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
  26. Psalm 102:24תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי · take me
    I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
  27. Psalm 104:8יַעֲל֣וּ · rose
    …the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
  28. Psalm 107:26יַעֲל֣וּ · They mounted up
    They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
  29. Psalm 122:4עָל֪וּ · go up
    …where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
  30. Psalm 132:3אֶ֝עֱלֶ֗ה · get
    “I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
  31. Psalm 135:7מַֽעֲלֶ֣ה · to rise
    He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
  32. Psalm 137:6אַ֭עֲלֶה · exalt
    May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
  33. Proverbs 15:1יַעֲלֶה־ · stirs up
    A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  34. Proverbs 21:22עָלָ֣ה · scales
    A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
  35. Proverbs 24:31עָ֘לָ֤ה · had grown up
    Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
  36. Proverbs 25:7עֲ‍ֽלֵ֫ה · Come up
    …for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
  37. Proverbs 26:9עָלָ֣ה · [that] goes
    Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
  38. Proverbs 30:4עָלָֽה־ · has ascended
    Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
  39. Proverbs 31:29עָלִ֥ית · surpass
    “Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
  40. Ecclesiastes 3:21הָעֹלָ֥ה · rises
    Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
  41. Ecclesiastes 10:4תַּעֲלֶ֣ה · flares
    If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
  42. Song of Solomon 3:6עֹלָה֙ · coming up
    Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
  43. Song of Solomon 4:2שֶׁעָל֖וּ · coming up
    Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
  44. Song of Solomon 6:6שֶׁעָל֖וּ · coming up
    Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
  45. Song of Solomon 7:8אֶעֱלֶ֣ה · I will climb
    I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
  46. Song of Solomon 8:5עֹלָה֙ · coming up
    Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
  47. Isaiah 2:3וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה · let us go up
    And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  48. Isaiah 5:6וְעָלָ֥ה · will grow up
    I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
  49. Isaiah 5:24יַעֲלֶ֑ה · will blow away
    Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
  50. Isaiah 7:1עָלָ֣ה · marched up
    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.