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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. Isaiah 7:6נַעֲלֶ֤ה · Let us invade
    ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
  2. Isaiah 8:7מַעֲלֶ֨ה · bring; וְעָלָה֙ · It will overflow
    …the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
  3. Isaiah 11:16עֲלֹת֖וֹ · they came up
    There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
  4. Isaiah 14:8יַעֲלֶ֥ה · comes
    Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
  5. Isaiah 14:13אֶֽעֱלֶ֔ה · I will ascend
    You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
  6. Isaiah 14:14אֶעֱלֶ֖ה · I will ascend
    I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
  7. Isaiah 15:2עָלָ֨ה · goes up
    Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
  8. Isaiah 15:5יַֽעֲלֶה־ · they ascend
    My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
  9. Isaiah 21:2עֲלִ֤י · Go up
    A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
  10. Isaiah 22:1עָלִ֥ית · gone up
    This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
  11. Isaiah 24:18וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙ · and whoever climbs
    Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  12. Isaiah 32:13תַּֽעֲלֶ֑ה · overgrown
    …and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
  13. Isaiah 34:3יַעֲלֶ֣ה · will rise
    Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
  14. Isaiah 34:10יַעֲלֶ֣ה · will ascend
    It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
  15. Isaiah 34:13וְעָלְתָ֤ה · will be overgrown
    Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
  16. Isaiah 35:9יַעֲלֶ֔נָּה · will go up on it
    No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
  17. Isaiah 36:1עָלָ֞ה · attacked
    In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
  18. Isaiah 36:10עָלִ֛יתִי · that I have come up; עֲלֵ֛ה · Go up
    So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
  19. Isaiah 37:14וַיַּ֙עַל֙ · and went up
    So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
  20. Isaiah 37:24עָלִ֛יתִי · have ascended
    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
  21. Isaiah 37:29עָלָ֣ה · have reached
    Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
  22. Isaiah 38:22אֶעֱלֶ֖ה · I will go up
    And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
  23. Isaiah 40:9עֲלִי־ · Go up
    Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
  24. Isaiah 40:31יַעֲל֥וּ · they will mount up
    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
  25. Isaiah 53:2וַיַּ֨עַל · He grew up
    He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
  26. Isaiah 55:13יַעֲלֶ֣ה · will grow; יַעֲלֶ֣ה · will spring up
    Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
  27. Isaiah 57:6הֶעֱלִ֣ית · [and] offered
    Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
  28. Isaiah 57:7עָלִ֖ית · you went up
    On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
  29. Isaiah 57:8וַֽתַּעֲלִ֗י · you climbed up
    Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
  30. Isaiah 60:7יַעֲל֤וּ · and go up
    All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
  31. Isaiah 63:11הַֽמַּעֲלֵ֣ם · is He who brought them
    Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
  32. Isaiah 65:17תַעֲלֶ֖ינָה · will they come
    For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
  33. Isaiah 66:3מַעֲלֵ֤ה · whoever presents
    Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
  34. Jeremiah 2:6הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה · who brought us up
    They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
  35. Jeremiah 3:16יַעֲלֶ֖ה · come
    “In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
  36. Jeremiah 4:7עָלָ֤ה · has gone up
    A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
  37. Jeremiah 4:13יַעֲלֶ֗ה · he advances
    Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  38. Jeremiah 4:29עָל֑וּ · and climb
    Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
  39. Jeremiah 5:10עֲל֤וּ · Go up
    Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
  40. Jeremiah 6:4וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה · let us attack
    ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
  41. Jeremiah 6:5וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה · let us attack
    Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
  42. Jeremiah 7:31עָלְתָ֖ה · did it [even] enter
    They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
  43. Jeremiah 8:22עָֽלְתָ֔ה · been restored
    Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
  44. Jeremiah 9:21עָ֤לָה · has climbed in
    For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
  45. Jeremiah 10:13וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה · to rise
    When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; 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.
  46. Jeremiah 11:7הַעֲלוֹתִ֨י · I brought
    For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
  47. Jeremiah 14:2עָלָֽתָה׃ · goes up
    “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.