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עָלָה (H5927)

ʻâlâh

aw-law'

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] 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, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] 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.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

עָלָה 890 vb. go up, ascend, climb
Qal
1 of persons, go up, ascend, in local relations
2 go up, in personal relations
3 of animals, go or come up
4 of vegetation, spring up, grow, shoot forth
5 of natural phenom., go up, rise
6 of inanimate things, instead of passive construction
7 of thoughts
8 come up before God, arrogance
9 go up, extend, of boundary
10 excel
Niph.
1
a be brought up
b be taken up
c
(1) pass., be taken up, away
(2) reflex., take oneself away from, get up from
2 reflex.: take oneself away
3 be exalted, of God
Hiph.
1 bring up persons
2 in personal relations
3 bring up animals
4 cause to ascend
5 mentally
6 offer a present; bring up tithe to
7 exalt
8 cause to ascend (in flame), offer sacrifice
Hoph.
1 be carried away
2 be taken up into, inserted in
3 be offered
Hithp. lift oneself

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


817 occurrences

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  • 1 Samuel 13:9
    And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
  • 1 Samuel 13:10
    And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
  • 1 Samuel 13:12
    Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
  • 1 Samuel 13:15
    And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
  • 1 Samuel 14:9
    If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
  • 1 Samuel 14:10
    But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
  • 1 Samuel 14:12
    And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
  • 1 Samuel 14:13
    And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
  • 1 Samuel 14:21
    Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
  • 1 Samuel 14:46
    Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.