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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. 1 Samuel 7:10מַעֲלֶ֣ה · offering up
    As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
  2. 1 Samuel 8:8הַעֲלֹתִ֨י · I brought them up
    Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
  3. 1 Samuel 9:11עֹלִים֙ · were climbing
    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
  4. 1 Samuel 9:13יַעֲלֶ֨ה · he goes up; עֲל֔וּ · Go up
    As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
  5. 1 Samuel 9:14וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ · So Saul and his servant went up; לַעֲל֖וֹת · on his way up
    So Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
  6. 1 Samuel 9:19עֲלֵ֤ה · Go up
    “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
  7. 1 Samuel 9:26כַּעֲל֤וֹת · and just before
    They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
  8. 1 Samuel 10:3עֹלִ֥ים · going up
    Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
  9. 1 Samuel 10:8לְהַעֲל֣וֹת · to offer
    And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
  10. 1 Samuel 10:18הֶעֱלֵ֥יתִי · brought
    …and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
  11. 1 Samuel 11:1וַיַּ֗עַל · came up
    Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
  12. 1 Samuel 12:6הֶעֱלָ֛ה · brought
    Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
  13. 1 Samuel 13:5וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ · They went up
    Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
  14. 1 Samuel 13:9וַיַּ֖עַל · And he offered up
    So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.
  15. 1 Samuel 13:10לְהַעֲל֣וֹת · offering
    Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
  16. 1 Samuel 13:12וָאַעֲלֶ֖ה · to offer
    I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
  17. 1 Samuel 13:15וַיַּ֛עַל · and went
    Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
  18. 1 Samuel 14:9נַעֲלֶ֖ה · go up
    If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.
  19. 1 Samuel 14:10עֲל֤וּ · Come on up; וְעָלִ֔ינוּ · then we will go up
    But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”
  20. 1 Samuel 14:12עֲל֣וּ · Come on up; עֲלֵ֣ה · Follow
    So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
  21. 1 Samuel 14:13וַיַּ֣עַל · climbed up
    So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.
  22. 1 Samuel 14:21עָל֥וּ · gone up
    And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
  23. 1 Samuel 14:46וַיַּ֣עַל · gave up
    Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
  24. 1 Samuel 15:2בַּעֲלֹת֖וֹ · up
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
  25. 1 Samuel 15:6בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם · when they came up
    And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
  26. 1 Samuel 15:34עָלָ֥ה · went up
    Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
  27. 1 Samuel 17:23עוֹלֶ֞ה · came forward
    And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
  28. 1 Samuel 17:25הָֽעֹלֶה֙ · keeps coming out; עֹלֶ֑ה
    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
  29. 1 Samuel 19:15הַעֲל֨וּ · Bring
    But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
  30. 1 Samuel 23:19וַיַּעֲל֤וּ · came up
    Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
  31. 1 Samuel 23:29וַיַּ֥עַל · went up
    And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
  32. 1 Samuel 24:22עָל֖וּ · went up
    So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
  33. 1 Samuel 25:5עֲל֤וּ · Go up
    So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
  34. 1 Samuel 25:13וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀ · followed
    And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
  35. 1 Samuel 25:35עֲלִ֤י · Go
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  36. 1 Samuel 27:8וַיַּ֤עַל · went up
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
  37. 1 Samuel 28:8וְהַ֣עֲלִי · Bring up
    So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
  38. 1 Samuel 28:11אַֽעֲלֶה־ · shall I bring up; הַֽעֲלִי־ · Bring up
    “Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.
  39. 1 Samuel 28:13עֹלִ֥ים · coming up
    “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
  40. 1 Samuel 28:14עֹלֶ֔ה · is coming up
    “What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
  41. 1 Samuel 28:15לְהַעֲל֣וֹת · by bringing me up
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  42. 1 Samuel 29:9יַעֲלֶ֥ה · go
    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
  43. 1 Samuel 29:11עָל֥וּ · went up
    So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  44. 2 Samuel 1:24הַֽמַּעֲלֶה֙ · who decked
    O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.