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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. Exodus 33:5אֶֽעֱלֶ֥ה · If I should go
    For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  2. Exodus 33:12הַ֚עַל · Lead
    Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
  3. Exodus 33:15תַּעֲלֵ֖נוּ · lead us up
    “If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.
  4. Exodus 34:2וְעָלִ֤יתָ · and come up
    Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
  5. Exodus 34:3יַעֲלֶ֣ה · may go up
    No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
  6. Exodus 34:4וַיַּ֙עַל֙ · he went up
    So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
  7. Exodus 34:24בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ֗ · when you go up
    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
  8. Exodus 40:4וְהַעֲלֵיתָ֖ · and set up
    Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
  9. Exodus 40:25וַיַּ֥עַל · and set up
    …and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  10. Exodus 40:29וַיַּ֣עַל · and offered
    He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  11. Exodus 40:36וּבְהֵעָל֤וֹת · was lifted
    Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
  12. Exodus 40:37יֵעָלֶ֖ה · lifted; הֵעָלֹתֽוֹ׃ · it was taken up
    If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
  13. Leviticus 2:12יַעֲל֖וּ · go up
    You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not go up on the altar as a pleasing aroma.
  14. Leviticus 11:3מַעֲלַ֥ת · and that chews
    You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
  15. Leviticus 11:4מִֽמַּעֲלֵי֙ · that [only] chew; מַעֲלֵ֨ה · chews
    But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
  16. Leviticus 11:5מַעֲלֵ֤ה · chews
    The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
  17. Leviticus 11:6מַעֲלַ֤ת · chews
    The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
  18. Leviticus 11:26מַעֲלָ֔ה · chew
    Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
  19. Leviticus 11:45הַֽמַּעֲלֶ֤ה · who brought you up
    For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
  20. Leviticus 14:20וְהֶעֱלָ֧ה · and offer
    …and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.
  21. Leviticus 16:9עָלָ֥ה · chosen
    …he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.
  22. Leviticus 16:10עָלָ֨ה · chosen
    But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.
  23. Leviticus 17:8יַעֲלֶ֥ה · offers
    Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
  24. Leviticus 19:19יַעֲלֶ֖ה · of seed
    You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
  25. Leviticus 24:2לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת · burning
    “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
  26. Numbers 8:2בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ · When you set up
    “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
  27. Numbers 8:3הֶעֱלָ֖ה · he set up
    And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  28. Numbers 9:17הֵעָלֹ֤ת · was lifted
    Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
  29. Numbers 9:21וְנַעֲלָ֧ה · lifted; וְנַעֲלָ֥ה · was taken up
    Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.
  30. Numbers 9:22וּבְהֵעָלֹת֖וֹ · but when it was lifted
    Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
  31. Numbers 10:11נַעֲלָה֙ · was lifted
    On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
  32. Numbers 13:17עֲל֥וּ · Go up; וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם · and
    When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
  33. Numbers 13:21וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ · So they went up
    So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
  34. Numbers 13:22וַיַּעֲל֣וּ · They went up
    They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
  35. Numbers 13:30עָלֹ֤ה · We must go up; נַעֲלֶה֙
    Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
  36. Numbers 13:31עָל֤וּ · had gone up; לַעֲל֣וֹת · go up
    But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
  37. Numbers 14:13הֶעֱלִ֧יתָ · You brought
    But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
  38. Numbers 14:40וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ · and went up; וְעָלִ֛ינוּ · but we will go
    Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
  39. Numbers 14:42תַּעֲל֔וּ · go up
    Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
  40. Numbers 14:44לַעֲל֖וֹת · to go up
    But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
  41. Numbers 16:12נַעֲלֶֽה׃ · come
    Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
  42. Numbers 16:13הֶֽעֱלִיתָ֙נוּ֙ · you have brought us up
    Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?
  43. Numbers 16:14נַעֲלֶֽה׃ · come
    Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”