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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. Judges 16:17עָלָ֣ה
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
  2. Judges 16:18עֲל֣וּ · Come up; וְעָל֤וּ · came; וַיַּעֲל֥וּ · bringing
    When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
  3. Judges 16:31וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀ · carried him back
    Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
  4. Judges 18:9וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה · let us go up
    They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
  5. Judges 18:12וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּ · They went up
    They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
  6. Judges 18:17וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ
    And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
  7. Judges 19:25בַּעֲלוֹת · and at dawn
    But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
  8. Judges 19:30עֲל֤וֹת · came out
    And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
  9. Judges 20:3עָל֥וּ · had gone up
    (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
  10. Judges 20:18וַיַּעֲל֣וּ · went up; יַעֲלֶה־ · shall go up
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  11. Judges 20:23וַיַּעֲל֣וּ · went up; עֲל֥וּ · Go up
    They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
  12. Judges 20:26וַיַּעֲל֣וּ · went up; וַֽיַּעֲל֛וּ · and presented
    Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
  13. Judges 20:28עֲל֔וּ · Fight
    …and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
  14. Judges 20:30וַיַּעֲל֧וּ · went up
    On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
  15. Judges 20:31עֹלָ֣ה · led up
    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
  16. Judges 20:38לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם · When they sent up
    The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
  17. Judges 20:40לַעֲל֥וֹת · to go up; עָלָ֥ה · going up
    But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
  18. Judges 21:4וַיַּעֲל֥וּ · and presented
    The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
  19. Judges 21:5עָלָ֧ה · come; עָלָ֨ה · to come up
    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
  20. Judges 21:8עָלָ֥ה · to come up
    So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
  21. Judges 21:19הָעֹלָ֥ה · that goes up
    “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
  22. Ruth 4:1עָלָ֣ה · went
    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
  23. 1 Samuel 1:3וְעָלָה֩ · would go up
    Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
  24. 1 Samuel 1:7עֲלֹתָהּ֙ · [Hannah] went up
    And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
  25. 1 Samuel 1:11יַעֲלֶ֥ה · shall ever touch
    And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
  26. 1 Samuel 1:21וַיַּ֛עַל · went up
    Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
  27. 1 Samuel 1:22עָלָ֑תָה · go
    …but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
  28. 1 Samuel 1:24וַתַּעֲלֵ֨הוּ · [Hannah] took [the boy]
    Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
  29. 1 Samuel 2:6וַיָּֽעַל׃ · and raises up
    The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
  30. 1 Samuel 2:14יַעֲלֶ֣ה · brought up
    …and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
  31. 1 Samuel 2:19וְהַעַלְתָ֥ה · and bring [it]; בַּֽעֲלוֹתָהּ֙ · when she went
    Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
  32. 1 Samuel 2:28לַעֲל֣וֹת · to offer sacrifices
    And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
  33. 1 Samuel 5:12וַתַּ֛עַל · went up
    Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
  34. 1 Samuel 6:7עָלָ֥ה · been yoked
    Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
  35. 1 Samuel 6:9יַֽעֲלֶה֙ · it goes up
    …but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
  36. 1 Samuel 6:14הֶעֱל֥וּ · and offered
    The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
  37. 1 Samuel 6:15הֶעֱל֨וּ · offered
    And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
  38. 1 Samuel 6:20יַעֲלֶ֥ה · should the ark go up
    The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
  39. 1 Samuel 6:21הַעֲל֥וּ · [and] take it up
    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
  40. 1 Samuel 7:1וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ · and took
    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
  41. 1 Samuel 7:7וַיַּעֲל֥וּ · marched up
    When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
  42. 1 Samuel 7:9וַיַּעֲלֶה · and offered it
    Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.