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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. Lamentations 1:14עָל֥וּ · they are draped
    My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
  2. Lamentations 2:10הֶֽעֱל֤וּ · They have thrown
    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  3. Ezekiel 8:11עֹלֶֽה׃ · was rising
    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
  4. Ezekiel 9:3נַעֲלָה֙ · rose
    Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
  5. Ezekiel 11:23וַיַּ֙עַל֙ · rose up
    And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
  6. Ezekiel 11:24וַיַּ֙עַל֙ · had gone up
    And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
  7. Ezekiel 13:5עֲלִיתֶם֙ · go up
    You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
  8. Ezekiel 14:3הֶעֱל֤וּ · have set up
    “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
  9. Ezekiel 14:4יַעֲלֶ֨ה · sets up
    Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
  10. Ezekiel 14:7וְיַ֤עַל · sets up
    For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
  11. Ezekiel 16:40וְהֶעֱל֤וּ · They will bring
    They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
  12. Ezekiel 19:3וַתַּ֛עַל · She brought up
    She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
  13. Ezekiel 20:32וְהָֽעֹלָה֙
    When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
  14. Ezekiel 23:46הַעֲלֵ֤ה
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
  15. Ezekiel 24:8לְהַעֲל֤וֹת · In order to stir up
    In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
  16. Ezekiel 26:3וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י · and I will raise up; כְּהַעֲל֥וֹת · brings up
    …therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
  17. Ezekiel 26:19בְּהַעֲל֤וֹת · [and] when I raise up
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
  18. Ezekiel 27:30וְיַעֲל֤וּ · They will throw
    They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
  19. Ezekiel 29:4וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙ · I will haul you up
    But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
  20. Ezekiel 32:3וְהֶעֱל֖וּךָ · and they will draw you up
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
  21. Ezekiel 36:3וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּ · and were taken up
    …therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
  22. Ezekiel 37:6וְֽהַעֲלֵתִ֧י · grow
    I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  23. Ezekiel 37:8עָלָ֔ה · grew
    As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
  24. Ezekiel 37:12וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֥י · and bring you up
    Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
  25. Ezekiel 37:13וּבְהַעֲלוֹתִ֥י · and bring you up
    Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
  26. Ezekiel 38:9וְעָלִ֙יתָ֙ · will go up
    You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
  27. Ezekiel 38:10יַעֲל֤וּ · will arise
    This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
  28. Ezekiel 38:11אֶֽעֱלֶה֙ · I will go up
    You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—
  29. Ezekiel 38:16וְעָלִ֙יתָ֙ · You will advance
    You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
  30. Ezekiel 38:18תַּעֲלֶ֥ה · will flare up
    Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.
  31. Ezekiel 39:2וְהַעֲלִיתִ֖יךָ · bring you up
    I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
  32. Ezekiel 40:6וַיַּ֖עַל · and climbed
    Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
  33. Ezekiel 40:22יַֽעֲלוּ־ · led up
    Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
  34. Ezekiel 40:40לָעוֹלֶה֙ · as one goes up
    Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
  35. Ezekiel 40:49יַעֲל֖וּ · led up
    The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.
  36. Ezekiel 41:7יַעֲלֶ֥ה · a stairway went up
    The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
  37. Ezekiel 43:18לְהַעֲל֤וֹת · may be sacrificed
    Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:
  38. Ezekiel 43:24וְהֶעֱל֥וּ · and sacrifice
    You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
  39. Ezekiel 44:17יַעֲלֶ֤ה · wear
    When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
  40. Ezekiel 47:12יַעֲלֶ֣ה · will grow
    Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
  41. Daniel 8:3עֹלָ֖ה · one grew up
    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
  42. Daniel 8:8וַֽתַּעֲלֶ֜נָה · horns came up
    Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
  43. Daniel 11:23וְעָלָ֥ה · for he will rise
    After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.
  44. Hosea 1:11וְעָל֣וּ · and will go up
    Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
  45. Hosea 2:15עֲלֹתָ֥הּ · she came up
    There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
  46. Hosea 4:15תַּעֲלוּ֙ · do not go up
    Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
  47. Hosea 8:9עָל֣וּ · have gone up
    For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
  48. Hosea 10:8יַעֲלֶ֖ה · will overgrow
    The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
  49. Hosea 12:13הֶעֱלָ֧ה · brought
    But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.