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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. 2 Samuel 2:1הַאֶעֱלֶ֗ה · Should I go up; עֲלֵ֑ה · Go up; אֶעֱלֶ֖ה · should I go
    Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
  2. 2 Samuel 2:2וַיַּ֤עַל · went
    So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
  3. 2 Samuel 2:3הֶעֱלָ֥ה · took
    David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
  4. 2 Samuel 2:27נַעֲלָ֣ה · would have continued
    “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
  5. 2 Samuel 5:17וַיַּעֲל֥וּ · went
    When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
  6. 2 Samuel 5:19הַאֶֽעֱלֶה֙ · Should I go up; עֲלֵ֔ה · Go up
    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  7. 2 Samuel 5:22לַֽעֲל֑וֹת · came up
    Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
  8. 2 Samuel 5:23תַעֲלֶ֑ה · march straight up
    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  9. 2 Samuel 6:2לְהַעֲל֣וֹת · to bring up
    And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
  10. 2 Samuel 6:12וַיַּעַל֩ · brought up
    Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
  11. 2 Samuel 6:15מַעֲלִ֖ים · brought up
    …while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
  12. 2 Samuel 6:17וַיַּ֨עַל · offered
    So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  13. 2 Samuel 6:18מֵהַעֲל֥וֹת · sacrificing
    When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
  14. 2 Samuel 7:6הַעֲלֹתִ֞י · I brought
    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
  15. 2 Samuel 11:20תַּעֲלֶה֙ · flares
    …if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
  16. 2 Samuel 15:24וַיַּ֖עַל · offered sacrifices
    Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.
  17. 2 Samuel 15:30עֹלֶה֩ · continued up; עֹלֶ֣ה׀ · as he went up; וְעָל֥וּ · and went up; עָלֹ֖ה · as they went
    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
  18. 2 Samuel 17:21וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ · Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  19. 2 Samuel 18:33וַיַּ֛עַל · and went up
    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
  20. 2 Samuel 19:34אֶעֱלֶ֥ה · I should go up
    But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
  21. 2 Samuel 20:2וַיַּ֜עַל · deserted
    So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
  22. 2 Samuel 21:13וַיַּ֤עַל · brought
    So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
  23. 2 Samuel 22:9עָלָ֤ה · rose
    Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
  24. 2 Samuel 23:9וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ · retreated
    Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
  25. 2 Samuel 24:18עֲלֵה֙ · Go up
    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
  26. 2 Samuel 24:19וַיַּ֤עַל · went up
    So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
  27. 2 Samuel 24:22וְיַ֛עַל · and offer it up
    Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
  28. 2 Samuel 24:24אַעֲלֶ֛ה · offer
    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
  29. 2 Samuel 24:25וַיַּ֥עַל · and offered
    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
  30. 1 Kings 1:35וַעֲלִיתֶ֣ם · Then you shall go up
    Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
  31. 1 Kings 1:40וַיַּעֲל֤וּ · followed him
    All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
  32. 1 Kings 1:45וַיַּעֲל֤וּ · and they have gone up
    Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
  33. 1 Kings 2:34וַיַּ֗עַל · went up
    So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
  34. 1 Kings 3:4יַעֲלֶ֣ה · offered
    Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
  35. 1 Kings 3:15וַיַּ֤עַל · and offered
    Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
  36. 1 Kings 5:13וַיַּ֨עַל · conscripted
    Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
  37. 1 Kings 6:8יַֽעֲלוּ֙ · led up
    The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
  38. 1 Kings 8:1לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת · to bring up
    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
  39. 1 Kings 8:4וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ · and they brought up; וַיַּעֲל֣וּ · carried them up
    …and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.
  40. 1 Kings 9:15הֶעֱלָ֣ה׀ · imposed
    This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
  41. 1 Kings 9:16עָלָ֗ה · had attacked
    Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
  42. 1 Kings 9:21וַיַּעֲלֵ֤ם · conscripted these people
    …their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
  43. 1 Kings 9:24עָֽלְתָה֙ · had come up
    As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.