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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. Deuteronomy 34:1וַיַּ֨עַל · went up
    Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
  2. Joshua 2:6הֶעֱלָ֣תַם · had taken them up
    (But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
  3. Joshua 2:8עָלְתָ֥ה · went up
    Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
  4. Joshua 4:16וְיַעֲל֖וּ · to come up
    “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
  5. Joshua 4:17עֲל֖וּ · Come up
    So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
  6. Joshua 4:18בַּעֲלוֹת · came up
    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
  7. Joshua 4:19עָלוּ֙ · went up
    On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
  8. Joshua 6:5וְעָל֥וּ · will charge
    And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
  9. Joshua 6:15כַּעֲל֣וֹת · at dawn
    Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
  10. Joshua 6:20וַיַּ֨עַל · charged
    So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
  11. Joshua 7:2עֲל֖וּ · Go up; וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ · went up
    Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
  12. Joshua 7:3יַ֣עַל; יַעֲל֖וּ · to go up
    On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
  13. Joshua 7:4וַיַּעֲל֤וּ · went up
    So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
  14. Joshua 7:6וַיַּעֲל֥וּ · and they all sprinkled
    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
  15. Joshua 7:24וַיַּעֲל֥וּ · and brought them
    Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
  16. Joshua 8:1עֲלֵ֣ה · and attack
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
  17. Joshua 8:3לַעֲל֣וֹת · to attack
    So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
  18. Joshua 8:10וַיַּ֨עַל · marched
    Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
  19. Joshua 8:11עָלוּ֙ · marched up
    Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
  20. Joshua 8:20עָלָ֜ה · was rising
    When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
  21. Joshua 8:21עָלָ֖ה · was rising from
    When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
  22. Joshua 8:31וַיַּעֲל֨וּ · they offered
    …just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
  23. Joshua 10:4עֲלֽוּ־ · Come up
    “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
  24. Joshua 10:5וַֽיַּעֲל֜וּ · and advanced
    So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
  25. Joshua 10:6עֲלֵ֧ה · Come
    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
  26. Joshua 10:7וַיַּ֨עַל · came
    So Joshua and his whole army, including all the mighty men of valor, came from Gilgal.
  27. Joshua 10:9עָלָ֖ה · After marching
    After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.
  28. Joshua 10:33עָלָ֗ה · went
    At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.
  29. Joshua 10:36וַיַּ֣עַל · went up
    Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
  30. Joshua 11:17הָעוֹלֶ֣ה · which rises
    …from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
  31. Joshua 12:7הָעֹלֶ֣ה · which rises
    And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
  32. Joshua 14:8עָל֣וּ · went
    Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
  33. Joshua 15:3וְעָלָ֥ה · went over; וְעָלָ֣ה · up to
    …proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.
  34. Joshua 15:6וְעָלָ֤ה · went up; וְעָלָ֣ה · and went up
    …went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
  35. Joshua 15:7וְעָלָ֨ה · went up
    Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
  36. Joshua 15:8וְעָלָ֨ה · went up; וְעָלָ֨ה · and ascended
    From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
  37. Joshua 15:15וַיַּ֣עַל · he marched
    From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
  38. Joshua 16:1עֹלֶ֧ה · that goes up
    The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
  39. Joshua 17:15עֲלֵ֣ה · go
    Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
  40. Joshua 18:11וַיַּ֗עַל · came up
    The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
  41. Joshua 18:12וְעָלָ֣ה · went up; וְעָלָ֤ה · headed
    On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
  42. Joshua 19:10וַיַּ֙עַל֙ · came up
    The third lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Zebulun: The border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid.
  43. Joshua 19:11וְעָלָ֨ה · went up
    It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
  44. Joshua 19:12וְעָלָ֥ה · and up
    From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.