עָלָה
to go up
also: ascend, climb fuller range ↓
H5927
Strong's Hebrew
ʻâlâh
Transliteration
/aw-law'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
894
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to go up, ascend, climb
- (Qal)
- to go up, ascend
- to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat
- to go up, come up (of animals)
- to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)
- to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)
- to come up (before God)
- to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)
- to excel, be superior to
- (Niphal)
- to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away
- to take oneself away
- to be exalted
- (Hiphil)
- to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up
- to bring up, bring against, take away
- to bring up, draw up, train
- to cause to ascend
- to rouse, stir up (mentally)
- to offer, bring up (of gifts)
- to exalt
- to cause to ascend, offer
- (Hophal)
- to be carried away, be led up
- to be taken up into, be inserted in
- to be offered
- (Hithpael) to lift oneself
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘of persons’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘bring up persons’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be brought up’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”). Here: ‘be carried away’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘lift oneself’
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Judges 48 verses
- Judges 19:25 ב/עלות כַּ/עֲל֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs prep + Qal inf.cs But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
- Judges 19:30 עֲל֤וֹת Qal inf.cs It was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day: consider it, take counsel, and speak.
- Judges 20:3 עָל֥וּ Qal pf 3cp (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?
- Judges 20:18 וַ/יַּעֲל֣וּ יַעֲלֶה conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal impf 3ms The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said, Judah [shall go up] first.
- Judges 20:23 וַ/יַּעֲל֣וּ עֲל֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal impv 2mp The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh said, Go up against him.
- Judges 20:26 וַ/יַּעֲל֣וּ וַֽ/יַּעֲל֛וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh.
- Judges 20:28 עֲל֔וּ Qal impv 2mp and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.
- Judges 20:30 וַ/יַּעֲל֧וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- Judges 20:31 עֹלָ֣ה Qal ptcp.act fs The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
- Judges 20:40 לַ/עֲל֥וֹת עָלָ֥ה prep + Qal inf.cs Qal pf 3ms But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
- Judges 21:5 עָלָ֧ה עָלָ֨ה Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 3ms The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
- Judges 21:8 עָלָ֥ה Qal pf 3ms They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
- Judges 21:19 הָ/עֹלָ֥ה ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs They said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 43 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:3 וְ/עָלָה֩ conj + Qal pf 3ms This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Hosts in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
- 1 Samuel 1:7 עֲלֹתָ/הּ֙ Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
- 1 Samuel 1:11 יַעֲלֶ֥ה Qal impf 3ms She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head.
- 1 Samuel 1:21 וַ/יַּ֛עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
- 1 Samuel 1:22 עָלָ֑תָה Qal pf 3fs But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and there abide forever.
- 1 Samuel 2:19 וְ/הַעַלְתָ֥ה בַּֽ/עֲלוֹתָ/הּ֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 3fs prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 2:28 לַ/עֲל֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
- 1 Samuel 5:12 וַ/תַּ֛עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3fs The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 עָלָ֥ה Qal pf 3ms Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cattle, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cattle to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
- 1 Samuel 6:9 יַֽעֲלֶה֙ Qal impf 3ms Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us."
- 1 Samuel 6:20 יַעֲלֶ֥ה Qal impf 3ms The men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
- 1 Samuel 7:7 וַ/יַּעֲל֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 9:11 עֹלִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
- 1 Samuel 9:13 יַעֲלֶ֨ה עֲל֔וּ Qal impf 3ms Qal impv 2mp as soon as you are come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat who are invited. Now therefore get you up; for at this time you shall find him.
- 1 Samuel 9:14 וַֽ/יַּעֲל֖וּ לַ/עֲל֖וֹת conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs They went up to the city; [and] as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
- 1 Samuel 9:19 עֲלֵ֤ה Qal impv 2ms Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
- 1 Samuel 9:26 כַּ/עֲל֤וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs They arose early: and it happened about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send you away. Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
- 1 Samuel 10:3 עֹלִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act mp Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet you there three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
- 1 Samuel 11:1 וַ/יַּ֗עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 וַֽ/יַּעֲלוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:15 וַ/יַּ֛עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 14:9 נַעֲלֶ֖ה Qal impf 1cp If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
- 1 Samuel 14:10 עֲל֤וּ וְ/עָלִ֔ינוּ Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wpf 1cp But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up; for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be the sign to us.
- 1 Samuel 14:12 עֲל֣וּ עֲלֵ֣ה Qal impv 2mp Qal impv 2ms The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:13 וַ/יַּ֣עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him.
- 1 Samuel 14:21 עָל֥וּ Qal pf 3cp Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before, and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:46 וַ/יַּ֣עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
- 1 Samuel 15:2 בַּ/עֲלֹת֖/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 15:6 בַּ/עֲלוֹתָ֖/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you shown kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:34 עָלָ֥ה Qal pf 3ms Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:23 עוֹלֶ֞ה Qal ptcp.act ms As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
- 1 Samuel 17:25 הָֽ/עֹלֶה֙ עֹלֶ֑ה ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms Qal ptcp.act ms The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 23:19 וַ/יַּעֲל֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
- 1 Samuel 23:29 וַ/יַּ֥עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
- 1 Samuel 24:22 עָל֖וּ Qal pf 3cp David swore to Saul. Saul went home; but David and his men got them up to the stronghold.
- 1 Samuel 25:5 עֲל֤וּ Qal impv 2mp David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
- 1 Samuel 25:13 וַֽ/יַּעֲל֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
- 1 Samuel 25:35 עֲלִ֤י Qal impv 2fs So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.
- 1 Samuel 27:8 וַ/יַּ֤עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 28:13 עֹלִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act mp The king said to her, Don't be afraid: for what do you see? The woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
- 1 Samuel 28:14 עֹלֶ֔ה Qal ptcp.act ms He said to her, What form is he of? She said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a robe. Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.
- 1 Samuel 29:9 יַעֲלֶ֥ה Qal impf 3ms Achish answered David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
- 1 Samuel 29:11 עָל֥וּ Qal pf 3cp So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. The Philistines went up to Jezreel.
2 Samuel 17 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:1 הַ/אֶעֱלֶ֗ה עֲלֵ֑ה אֶעֱלֶ֖ה ptcl inter + Qal impf 1cs Qal impv 2ms Qal impf 1cs It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? Yahweh said to him, Go up. David said, Where shall I go up? He said, To Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 2:2 וַ/יַּ֤עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
- 2 Samuel 5:17 וַ/יַּעֲל֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
- 2 Samuel 5:19 הַ/אֶֽעֱלֶה֙ עֲלֵ֔ה ptcl inter + Qal impf 1cs Qal impv 2ms David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand? Yahweh said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.
- 2 Samuel 5:22 לַֽ/עֲל֑וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:23 תַעֲלֶ֑ה Qal impf 2ms When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, You shall not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
- 2 Samuel 11:20 תַּעֲלֶה֙ Qal impf 3fs it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall?
- 2 Samuel 15:24 וַ/יַּ֖עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Behold, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 15:30 עֹלֶה֩ עֹלֶ֣ה וְ/עָל֥וּ עָלֹ֖ה Qal ptcp.act ms Qal ptcp.act ms conj + Qal wpf 3cp Qal inf.abs David went up by the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
- 2 Samuel 17:21 וַֽ/יַּעֲלוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise you, and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.
- 2 Samuel 18:33 וַ/יַּ֛עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 19:34 אֶעֱלֶ֥ה Qal impf 1cs Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
- 2 Samuel 20:2 וַ/יַּ֜עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 22:9 עָלָ֤ה Qal pf 3ms There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, Fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
- 2 Samuel 23:9 וַֽ/יַּעֲל֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.
- 2 Samuel 24:18 עֲלֵה֙ Qal impv 2ms Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 2 Samuel 24:19 וַ/יַּ֤עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
1 Kings 31 verses
- 1 Kings 1:35 וַ/עֲלִיתֶ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
- 1 Kings 1:40 וַ/יַּעֲל֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.
- 1 Kings 1:45 וַ/יַּעֲל֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; and they are come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
- 1 Kings 2:34 וַ/יַּ֗עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
- 1 Kings 6:8 יַֽעֲלוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle [story], and out of the middle into the third.
- 1 Kings 9:16 עָלָ֗ה Qal pf 3ms Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
- 1 Kings 9:24 עָֽלְתָה֙ Qal pf 3fs But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
- 1 Kings 10:29 וַֽ֠/תַּעֲלֶה conj + Qal wimpf 3fs A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 1 Kings 11:15 בַּ/עֲל֗וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
- 1 Kings 12:18 לַ/עֲל֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 12:24 תַעֲלוּ֩ Qal impf 2mp Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 12:27 יַעֲלֶ֣ה Qal impf 3ms if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 12:28 מֵ/עֲל֣וֹת הֶעֱל֖וּ/ךָ prep + Qal inf.cs Hiphil pf 3cp + sfx pers 2ms Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 14:25 עָלָ֛ה Qal pf 3ms It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
- 1 Kings 15:17 וַ/יַּ֨עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:19 וְ/יַעֲלֶ֖ה conj + Qal impf 3ms [There is] a league between me and you, between my father and your father: behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 1 Kings 16:17 וַ/יַּעֲלֶ֥ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 18:36 בַּ/עֲל֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs It happened at the time of the offering of the [evening] offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
- 1 Kings 18:41 עֲלֵ֖ה Qal impv 2ms Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.
- 1 Kings 18:42 וַ/יַּעֲלֶ֥ה עָלָ֨ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
- 1 Kings 18:43 עֲלֵֽה וַ/יַּ֨עַל֙ Qal impv 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times.
- 1 Kings 18:44 עֹלָ֣ה עֲלֵ֨ה Qal ptcp.act fs Qal impv 2ms It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready [your chariot], and get you down, that the rain not stop you.
- 1 Kings 20:1 וַ/יַּ֗עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
- 1 Kings 20:22 עֹלֶ֥ה Qal ptcp.act ms The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.
- 1 Kings 20:26 וַ/יַּ֣עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:6 עֲלֵ֔ה Qal impv 2ms Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:12 עֲלֵ֞ה Qal impv 2ms All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:15 עֲלֵ֣ה Qal impv 2ms When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him, Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:20 וְ/יַ֕עַל conj + Qal juss 3ms Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One said on this manner; and another said on that manner.
- 1 Kings 22:29 וַ/יַּ֧עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 1 Kings 22:35 וַ/תַּעֲלֶ֤ה conj + Qal wimpf 3fs The battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
2 Kings 43 verses
- 2 Kings 1:3 עֲלֵ֔ה Qal impv 2ms But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
- 2 Kings 1:4 עָלִ֥יתָ Qal pf 2ms Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die. Elijah departed.
- 2 Kings 1:6 עָלָ֣ה עָלִ֥יתָ Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 2ms They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 1:7 עָלָ֖ה Qal pf 3ms He said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
- 2 Kings 1:9 וַ/יַּ֣עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king has said, Come down.
- 2 Kings 1:13 וַ/יַּ֡עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 1:16 עָלִ֥יתָ Qal pf 2ms He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 2:11 וַ/יַּ֨עַל֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- 2 Kings 2:23 וַ/יַּ֥עַל עֹלֶ֣ה עֲלֵ֥ה עֲלֵ֥ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal ptcp.act ms Qal impv 2ms Qal impv 2ms He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead.
- 2 Kings 3:7 אֶעֱלֶ֔ה Qal impf 1cs He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
- 2 Kings 3:8 נַעֲלֶ֑ה Qal impf 1cp He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
- 2 Kings 3:20 כַּ/עֲל֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
- 2 Kings 3:21 עָל֥וּ Qal pf 3cp Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
- 2 Kings 4:21 וַ/תַּ֨עַל֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] on him, and went out.
- 2 Kings 4:34 וַ/יַּ֜עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands: and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child grew warm.
- 2 Kings 4:35 וַ/יַּ֖עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
- 2 Kings 6:24 וַ/יַּ֕עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
- 2 Kings 12:4 יַֽעֲלֶה֙ Qal impf 3ms Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of Yahweh, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Kings 12:10 וַ/יַּ֨עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 12:17 יַעֲלֶ֗ה לַ/עֲל֖וֹת Qal impf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 12:18 וַ/יַּ֖עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 14:11 וַ/יַּ֨עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:14 וַ/יַּעַל֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 16:5 יַעֲלֶ֣ה Qal impf 3ms Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
- 2 Kings 16:7 עֲלֵ֨ה Qal impv 2ms So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
- 2 Kings 16:9 וַ/יַּעַל֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
- 2 Kings 17:3 עָלָ֔ה Qal pf 3ms Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
- 2 Kings 17:5 וַ/יַּ֥עַל וַ/יַּ֨עַל֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- 2 Kings 18:9 עָלָ֞ה Qal pf 3ms It happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 18:13 עָלָ֞ה Qal pf 3ms Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
- 2 Kings 18:17 וַֽ/יַּעֲלוּ֙ וַ/יַּעֲל֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
- 2 Kings 18:25 עָלִ֛יתִי עֲלֵ֛ה Qal pf 1cs Qal impv 2ms Am I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
- 2 Kings 19:14 וַ/יַּ֨עַל֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 19:23 עָלִ֛יתִי Qal pf 1cs By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.
- 2 Kings 19:28 עָלָ֣ה Qal pf 3ms Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
- 2 Kings 20:5 תַּעֲלֶ֖ה Qal impf 2ms Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 20:8 וְ/עָלִ֛יתִי conj + Qal wpf 1cs Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh the third day?
- 2 Kings 22:4 עֲלֵ֗ה Qal impv 2ms Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people:
- 2 Kings 23:2 וַ/יַּ֣עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:9 יַֽעֲלוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn't come up to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
- 2 Kings 23:29 עָלָה֩ Qal pf 3ms In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh Necoh] killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
- 2 Kings 24:1 עָלָ֔ה Qal pf 3ms In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
- 2 Kings 24:10 עלה עָל֗וּ Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 3cp At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
1 Chronicles 10 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:6 וַ/יַּ֧עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6 וַ/יַּ֨עַל לְ/הַעֲל֣וֹת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Hiphil inf.cs David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Yahweh that sits [above] the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
- 1 Chronicles 14:8 וַ/יַּעֲל֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.
- 1 Chronicles 14:10 הַ/אֶֽעֱלֶה֙ עֲלֵ֔ה ptcl inter + Qal impf 1cs Qal impv 2ms David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand? Yahweh said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.
- 1 Chronicles 14:11 וַ/יַּעֲל֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:14 תַֽעֲלֶ֖ה Qal impf 2ms David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
- 1 Chronicles 21:18 יַעֲלֶ֣ה Qal impf 3ms Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Chronicles 21:19 וַ/יַּ֤עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16 הָ/עוֹלָ֑ה ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.
- 1 Chronicles 27:24 עָלָה֙ Qal pf 3ms Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
2 Chronicles 25 verses
- 2 Chronicles 9:4 יַעֲלֶ֖ה Qal impf 3ms and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, his cup bearers also, and their clothing, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
- 2 Chronicles 10:18 לַֽ/עֲל֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 11:4 תַעֲלוּ֩ Qal impf 2mp Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 12:2 עָלָ֛ה Qal pf 3ms It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 12:9 וַ/יַּ֨עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- 2 Chronicles 16:1 עָלָ֞ה Qal pf 3ms In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 16:3 וְ/יַעֲלֶ֖ה conj + Qal impf 3ms [There is] a league between me and you, as [there was] between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 2 Chronicles 18:2 לַ/עֲל֖וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up [with him] to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 18:5 עֲלֵ֔ה Qal impv 2ms Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 18:11 עֲלֵ֞ה Qal impv 2ms All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 18:14 עֲל֣וּ Qal impv 2mp When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? He said, Go up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.
- 2 Chronicles 18:19 וְ/יַ֕עַל conj + Qal juss 3ms Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
- 2 Chronicles 18:28 וַ/יַּ֧עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 18:34 וַ/תַּ֤עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3fs The battle increased that day: however the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
- 2 Chronicles 20:16 עֹלִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp Tomorrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 וַ/יַּעֲל֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
- 2 Chronicles 24:13 וַ/תַּ֧עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3fs So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 עָלָ֣ה Qal pf 3ms It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.
- 2 Chronicles 25:21 וַ/יַּ֨עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 29:20 וַ/יַּ֖עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 34:30 וַ/יַּ֣עַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 35:20 עָלָ֞ה Qal pf 3ms After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 עָלָ֔ה Qal pf 3ms Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 עֲל֧וֹת Qal inf.cs but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 וְ/יָֽעַל conj + Qal impf 3ms Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra 8 verses
- Ezra 1:3 וְ/יַ֕עַל conj + Qal juss 3ms Whoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 1:5 לַ/עֲל֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 2:1 הָֽ/עֹלִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
- Ezra 2:59 הָֽ/עֹלִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
- Ezra 7:6 עָלָ֣ה Qal pf 3ms this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.
- Ezra 7:7 וַ/יַּֽעֲל֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
- Ezra 7:28 לַ/עֲל֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
- Ezra 8:1 הָ/עֹלִ֣ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Now these are the heads of their fathers' [houses], and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
Nehemiah 10 verses
- Nehemiah 2:15 עֹלֶ֤ה Qal ptcp.act ms Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
- Nehemiah 3:19 עֲלֹ֥ת Qal inf.cs Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning [of the wall].
- Nehemiah 4:3 יַעֲלֶ֣ה Qal impf 3ms Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.
- Nehemiah 4:7 עָלְתָ֤ה Qal pf 3fs But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;
- Nehemiah 4:21 מֵ/עֲל֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
- Nehemiah 7:5 הָ/עוֹלִ֣ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
- Nehemiah 7:6 הָ/עֹלִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;
- Nehemiah 7:61 הָֽ/עוֹלִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
- Nehemiah 12:1 עָל֛וּ Qal pf 3cp Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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At its core, עלה (ʻâlâh) means “to go up.” Read the stem: it spans 5 stems, including Qal and Niphal. With 817 verses in 36 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 2:6. Sharing its root, it stands alongside מעל, מעל and מעלה. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
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Strong's · 1890
arise
Modern gloss
to go up
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H5927 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 817
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 817 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #47
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 47 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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- Prophets (Nevi'im) 481 verses · 59%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 187 verses · 23%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 149 verses · 18%
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- King James Version: Went up 114×, Go up 55×, Came up 49×
- American Standard Version: Went up 116×, Came up 42×, Go up 37×
- Berean Standard Bible: Went up 75×, Go up 63×, Came up 24×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Went up 133×, Go up 107×, And 88×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5927 across 894 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 260 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5927 across 900 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 296 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5927 across 873 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 286 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 15 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5927 across 1,088 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 214 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
49 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 49 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Gn 19:15 +; 3 fs. עָֽלְתָה 40:10 +; עָלָ֑תָה Je 14:2 1 S 1:22; 2 ms. עָלִיתָ Gn 49:4 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲלֶה 2:6 +, יַ֫עַל 44:33 +, וַיַּעַל 13:1 +; sf. יַעֲלֶנָּה Is 35:9, etc.; Inf. abs. עָלֹה Gn 46:4 + 2 times; cstr. עֲלוֹת 32:25 +, etc.; Imv. עֲלֵה 35:1 +; fs. עֲלִי Nu 21:17 +, pl. עֲלוּ Gn 44:17 +; Pt. עֹלֶה 38:13 +; עוֹלֶה Is 24:18 +, pl. עֹלִים Gn 28:12 +, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 19:15
- 1. of persons, go up, ascend, in local relations:
- a. from low place to high, c. מִן, מִמִּצְרַיִם Gn 45:25 (E) + 6 times; מארץ מצרים Ex 13:18 (E) + 3 times; †מִבָּבֶל Ezr 7:6; 8:1; מִן הירדן Jos 4:16, 17, 19 (P); ם(ן־ה)מדבר Ct 3:6; 8:5 etc. e.g. Genesis 45:25
- b. out of a place, c. מִן, מִן הארץ 1 S 28:13; מֵהַבְּאֵר 2 S 17:21; הַפַּחַת (תּוֹךְ)םִ Is 24:18 Je 48:44. e.g. 1 Samuel 28:13
- c. c. acc. of place whither: a city ביתאל Gn 35:1, 3 (E); באר שׁבע 26:23 (J); a mountain ההר Nu 13:17 (JE) Dt 1:24 +, etc.; a bed Gn 49:4(×2) (J) 2 K 1:4, 16, gate Ru 4:1; (הַ)שָּׁיִם Dt 30:12; 2 K 2:11 Am 9:2 + 4 times; c. אֶל־, אל (ה)הר Ex 19:23; 34:2, 4 (J) 24:15, 18 (P) + 5 times P; אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם Dt 17:8, אל ירושׁלם Ezr 7:7; Is 2:3 = Mi 4:2 (אל הר), c. acc. loc. + אֶל־י׳ (v. 2 b) Je 31:6, of going up to Jerusalem (from a distance), etc.; c. לְ to, לירושׁלם Ezr 1:3 (from Babylon); לבית 1 S 25:35, etc.; c. עַד unto, עד־נחל Nu 32:9 (J); †c. בְּ, בְּאַחַת עָרֵי 2 S 2:1 (constr. praegn.); בְּבעל פְּרָצִים 1 Ch 14:11, בָּהָר Dt 5:5; בְּגֹרָלִי Ju 1:3. e.g. Genesis 35:1
- d. to sacred places, Ex 34:24, c. acc. †בית יהוה, from palace 2 K 19:14; 20:5, 8; 23:2; 2 Ch 29:20; 34:30; Is 37:14; 38:22 Je 26:10; במה 1 S 9:13, 14, 19; c. אֶל, אל הר האלהים Ex 24:13 (E); בּבית י׳ 1 S 1:7 (בּ dittogr.); בהר יהוה ψ 24:3. e.g. Exodus 34:24
- e. c. acc. דֶּרֶךְ by the way to †Nu 21:33 (E) Dt 3:1; Ju 8:11; 1 S 6:9; 2 K 3:8; מעלה Je 48:5; חוֹמָה Jo 2:7. e.g. Numbers 21:33
- f. ascent, climb, c. בְּ by, a ladder Gn 28:12 (E), Ez 40:6, 22, 49, etc.; c. עַל upon, altar by (ב) steps, of priest, Ex 20:23 (Gi van d. H. v 26; E) the roof Jos 2:8 Ju 9:51, bed ψ 132:3; עַל־יָדָיו on his hands 1 S 14:13; על במתי עב Is 14:14 (‖ ממעל לכוכבי אֵל), etc. e.g. Genesis 28:12
- 2. go up, in personal relations:
- a. to meet or visit, c. אֶל pers., Gn 44:17, 24, 34; 45:9 (J) Jos 10:4, 6 (all with implication of ascent), Dt 25:7 (to gate of city), +; c. †על pers., Gn 38:12 (+ ה loc., up to Timnah); לקראת 46:29 (J) Ju 6:35; 2 K 1:3, 6, 7 e.g. Genesis 44:17
- b. go up unto (אֶל) God, on a height, אל האלהים Ex 19:3 (E) 1 S 10:3; אל יהוה Ex 24:1 (E) 19:24; 32:30 (J) Ju 21:5(×2), 8 (to war); אֵלַי Ex 24:12 (E) Dt 10:1; unto Deborah Ju 4:5. e.g. Exodus 19:3
- c. go up, in war, c. אֶל against Nu 13:31 (E) Ju 1:1; 12:12:3 1 S 7:7 Is 36:10 (= על 2 K 18:25) +; oftener c. על, 1 S 14:10 Ju 6:3; 15:10; 18:9; 1 K 14:25 +; c. על + לַצָּבָא Jos 22:12, 33 (P); c. בְּ, Is 7:6; Je 48:18; c. לְ, Hb 3:16; + למלחמה Ju 20:18 + 3 times; + במלחמה 1 S 29:9; וַתּעל(ה) המלחמה 1 K 22:35 = 2 Ch 18:34. e.g. Numbers 13:31
- d. go up after, c. אחרי = follow 1 S 25:13; 1 K 1:35, 40. e.g. 1 Samuel 25:13
- e. go up, depart, c. מֵעַל (q.v.) 1 S 6:20 Gn 17:22; 35:13 (P) +, subj. כבוד י׳ Ez 11:23, 24; = withdraw, retreat, 1 K 15:19; 2 K 12:19; Je 21:2, abs. 2 S 23:9, and so read ‖ 1 Ch 11:13 (v. DrSm). e.g. 1 Samuel 6:20
- 3. of animals, go or come up: abs. frogs Ex 7:28 (J) 8:2 (P), quails Ex 16:13 (P); lion Is 35:9; fox Ne 3:25; rise up, fly up, eagle Is 40:31; Je 49:22; c. מִן, cattle out of water Gn 41:2, 3, 18, 19 Ct 4:2; 6:6, lion מִגְּאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן Je 49:19 = 50:44, מִסֻּבְּכוֹ Je 4:7, from prey Gn 49:9 (J); climb up into (ב) houses, locusts Jo 2:9; frogs, on (ב) persons Ex 7:29 (J); c. על, of cattle, sexually Gn 31:10, 12 (E); locusts upon the land Ex 10:12, 14 (E) Jo 1:6. e.g. Exodus 7:28
- 4. of vegetation, spring up, grow, shoot forth: trees Is 55:13(×2) Ez 47:12; קיקיון Jon 4:6; grass Dt 29:22; Am 7:1; ears of grain Gn 41:5, 22 (E), also Gn 40:10 (E) Is 5:6; 32:13 cf. sim. 53:2; Ho 10:8; Pr 26:9; ע׳ כֻלּוֹ קמשׂנים Pr 24:31 all of it grown up with thorns, Is 34:13; fig. קֶרֶן Dn 8:3, 8. e.g. Isaiah 55:13
- 5. of natural phenom. go up, rise: dew, Ex 16:14, i.e. disappear (P); אֵד ע׳ מִן־הָאָרֶץ Gn 2:6 (J), cloud 1 K 18:44; Je 4:13; ע׳ הַשַּׁחַר dawn, etc. Gn 19:15 (JE) Ju 19:25; 1 S 9:26 +; smoke Gn 19:28; Ex 19:18 (J) Ju 20:40 +; fire 6:21; flame 13:20; stench Is 34:3; Jo 2:20; incense Ez 8:11; well Nu 21:17 (E); waters Je 47:2; Nile Je 46:7, 8; Am 8:8; 9:5; c. על, of overflow Is 8:7 +. e.g. Exodus 16:14
- 6. of inanimate things (instead of passive construction), abs., shock of grain (to גֹּרֶן) Jb 5:26; of בָּשָׂר (covering bones in Ezek.’s vision) Ez 37:8; c. על, of garments upon the body Lv 19:19 (P) Ez 44:17; razor on head Ju 13:5; 16:17; 1 S 1:11; yoke upon oxen Nu 19:2 (P) 1 S 6:7; lot upon an animal Lv 16:9, 10 (P); c. בְּ, weight in balance ψ 62:10; entry in (ב) a book 1 Ch 27:24; = be offered (of sacrif.) 1 K 18:29; 2 K 3:20; Is 60:7; אֲרוּכָה (q.v.) in healing, Je 8:22, fig. 2 Ch 24:13; Ne 4:1. e.g. Job 5:26
- 7. of thoughts, ע׳ על לב 2 K 12:5; Is 65:17 + 5 times; ע׳ על לבב Je 51:50; Ez 38:10; ע׳ אל לב 14:7; ע׳ על רוּחַ 20:32; of anger 2 S 11:20; 2 Ch 36:16 (ב pers.) + 3 times; temper Ec 10:4 (עָלֶיךָ). e.g. 2 Kings 12:5
- 8. come up before God, arrogance, בְּאָזְנָיו 2 K 19:28 = Is 37:29; cry, אֶל־א׳ Ex 2:23 (P), c. acc. 1 S 5:12, abs. Je 14:2; tumult ψ 74:23; of evil Jon 1:2 (לְפָנַי). e.g. 2 Kings 19:28
- 9. go up, extend, of boundary, c. מִן whence, + acc., אֶל, לְ and even בְ whither Jos 15:3, 6, 8; 18:12(×2) + (all P). e.g. Joshua 15:3
- 10. excel: thou excellest (עַל) them Pr 31:29; be superior to יעלה עליך מעלה מעלה Dt 28:43.—עוֹלֶה Jb 36:33 is difficult, cf. Comm., and v. עַוְלָה. e.g. Proverbs 31:29
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נַעֲלָה Nu 10:11 +; 2 ms. נַעֲלֵיתָ ψ 97:9; Impf. יֵעָלֶה Ex 40:37, etc.; Inf. cstr. הֵעָלוֹת Nu 9:17 +, etc.; Imv. mpl. הֵעָלוּ 16:24;— e.g. Numbers 10:11
- 1.
- a. be brought up: מבבל לירושׁלם Ezr 1:11. e.g. Ezra 1:11
- b. be taken up, וַתֵּעֲלוּ על שׂפת לשׁון Ez 36:3 (Köi 553; talked about). e.g. Ezekiel 36:3
- c. (1) pass., be taken up, away, of (pillar of) cloud, sq. מֵעַל of tabern. Ex 40:36; Nu 9:17; 10:11 (P); abs. Ex 40:37(×2); Nu 9:21(×2), 22 (P); of the glory from upon the cherubim Ez 9:3; (2) reflex., take oneself away from, get up from: מִסָּבִיב Nu 16:24; מֵעַל v 27; of a besieging army Je 37:5, 11. e.g. Exodus 40:36
- 2. reflex.: take oneself away מאחרי pers., from following after, 2 S 2:27. e.g. 2 Samuel 2:27
- 3. be exalted, of God ψ 47:10; c. על, over all gods 97:9. e.g. Psalms 47:10
Hiphil
- Pf. הֶעֱלָה Nu 8:3 +, הֵעֲלָה Hb 1:15 (Ges§ 63 p); sf. הֶעֶלְךָ Ne 9:18, הֶעֱלָנוּ Ex 32:1 + 2 times; 3 fs. וְהַעַלְתָה 1 S 2:19 consec.; sf. הֶעֱלָ֫תַם Jos 2:6; 2 ms. הֶעֱלִיתָ Ex 33:1 +; וְהַעֲלִיתָ Dt 27:6 +; הֶעֱלֵיתָ Ex 32:7; וְהַעֲלֵיתָ consec 40:4; 1 p. הֶעֱלִיתִי Am 2:10; 2 mpl. sf. הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּ Nu 20:5; 21:5, etc.; Impf. יַעֲלֶה Lv 17:8 +; וְיַ֫עַל 2 S 24:22; וַיַּעֲלֶה Je 10:13; וַיַּ֫עַל Gn 8:20 +, sf. יַעְלֵם Dt 28:61, etc.; Inf. abs. הַעֲלֵה Ez 23:46; cstr. הַעֲלוֹת 1 Ch 23:31 +, etc.; Imv. הַ֫עַל Ex 33:12 + 2 times; fs. הַעֲלִי 1 S 28:8, 11 +, etc.; Pt. מַעֲלֶה 7:10 +; cstr. מַעֲלֵה Lv 11:4 +; sf. מַעַלְךָ Dt 20:1 ψ 81:11; f. מַעֲלָה Lv 11:26; cstr. מַעֲלַת Lv 11:3, 6; Dt 14:6, etc.;— e.g. Numbers 8:3
- 1. bring up persons:
- a. from a place, c. מִן: מִן הַסָּ֑לַע Ju 15:13; מִמִּצְרַיִם Ex 17:3 (E) + 3 times E, + 8 times; מארץ מצרים Ex 32:1 (J) + 5 times J, + Lv 11:45 (P), Dt 20:1; Jos 24:17 (E), + 13 times; מארץ צפון Je 16:15 = 23:8. e.g. Judges 15:13
- b. (1) out of a place, c. כן: †םִ(ן הַ)בּוֹר Gn 37:28 (E) ψ 40:3 Je 38:10; 13; משּׁחת Jon 2:7; מקּברות Ez 37:12, 13; מן־שׁאול ψ 30:4, etc.; (2) c. בְּ by means of, בְּחֶרְמִי Ez 32:3 (Hb 1:15 v. 3 infr.). e.g. Genesis 37:28
- c. c. acc. of place whither, Nu 20:25 (P) 22:41 (E) Jos 2:6; 7:24 (J) Ezr 4:2; השׁמים 2 K 2:1; c. אֶל: אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּה 1 K 17:19; c. לְ: לבית 2 Ch 8:11. e.g. Numbers 20:25
- d. cause to ascend, climb: על המרכבה 1 K 20:33 (אֶל 2 K 10:15 prob. error), על־המגדלות 2 Ch 32:5 (𝔙 built towers thereon, i.e. ע׳ עָלָיו); מֵעַל לחומה Ne 12:31 vid. עַל IV 2 e. e.g. 1 Kings 20:33
- 2. in personal relations:
- a. bring up, c. אל, 1 S 19:15 2 K 10:15; 25:6; Je 39:5; 52:9; c. לְ, 1 S 28:8, 11(×2). e.g. 1 Samuel 19:15
- b. in war, c. עַל against 2 Ch 36:17; Je 50:9; Ez 16:40; 23:46; 26:3. e.g. 2 Chronicles 36:17
- c. take away (from life) ψ 102:25 Jb 36:20. e.g. Psalms 102:25
- 3. bring up animals, c. על, frogs על הארץ Ex 8:1, 3 (P); bring up horses to a charge Je 51:27, cf. Na 3:3; draw up men, under fig. of fish (בְּחַכָּה) Hb 1:15; train, young lion Ez 19:3; of cattle, מעלה גֵרָה, i.e. chewing the cud Lv 11:3, 4(×2), 5, 6, 26 Dt 14:6, 7(×2) e.g. Exodus 8:1
- 4. cause to ascend: c. acc. rei, smoke מן העיר Ju 20:38; stench באף Am 4:10, etc.; bring waters upon, על Is 8:7; bring up from (מן loc.) 2 S 6:2, 12; 1 K 8:1; Gn 50:25 (JE), +; c. אֶל loc., Ju 16:3; 1 Ch 15:3, 12, c. acc. loc. 2 Ch 2:15; c. אל pers. 1 S 6:21; c. לְ pers. Ju 16:8; 1 S 2:19; c. על, bring sickness upon Dt 28:61; †הע׳ עפר על ראשׁ throw dust on the head Jos 7:6; La 2:10; Ez 27:30; clothe sackcloth upon Am 8:10; flesh upon Ez 37:6; put ornaments on 2 S 1:24; cf. also 1 K 10:16, 17 = 2 Ch 9:15, 16; 2 Ch 3:5, 14; הע׳ נֵר light lamp (make flame go up; Thes; al. of raising lamp upon the lamp-stand) Ex 25:37; 27:20 + 6 times P; bring up new flesh (heal; v. אֲרוּכָה Je 30:17; 33:6. e.g. Judges 20:38
- 5. mentally: הע׳ גִּלּוּלִים על לב Ez 14:3, אל לב v 7, i.e. make object of thought; rouse, stir up, c. acc. אַף, anger Pr 15:1, cf. Ez 24:8. e.g. Ezekiel 14:3
- 6. הע׳ מנחה ל׳ 2 K 17:4 offer a present; bring up tithe to (ל) Ne 10:39; הע׳מַם raise a levy 1 K 5:27; 9:15, למם v 21 2 Ch 8:8. e.g. 2 Kings 17:4
- 7. exalt: ψ 137:6 if I exalt not Jerus. above (עַל) my chief joy; אנכי אַעַלְךָ גם־(מ)עלה Gn 46:4 (E) I will exalt thee exceedingly (cf; Qal 10; מ lost in MT, after ם; Di and most bring up). e.g. Psalms 137:6
- 8. cause to ascend (in flame; Thes al. to go up on altar), offer sacrifice, usually עֹלָה, either alone or foll. by other sacrif.: העלה עלות Ex 24:5 (E) 32:6 (J) Lv 17:8 (H) Dt 12:13, 14 + (see עֹלָה); seldom: †קטרת Ex 30:9 (P), cf. ψ 66:15; †מנחה Is 57:6; 66:3, also prob. 1 K 18:29, 36; 2 K 3:20 (> Qal); פר(ים) Nu 23:2, 4, 14, 30 (E) ψ 51:21; הטוב בעיניו 2 S 24:22; הע׳ ליהוה Ju 13:16; abs. 2 Ch 8:13; 29:29; †הע׳ לעולה Gn 22:2, 13 (E); c. acc. loc. מַעֲלֶה בָמָה Je 48:35; מזבח(ה) Lv 14:20 (P) Is 60:7 (> Qal); c. לְ loc. 2 Ch 29:27; c. בְּ loc. Gn 8:20 (J) Nu 23:2, 4, 14, 30 (E); עַל־הַחֹמָה 2 K 3:27; usually על loc., על הַצּוּר Ju 13:19, הע׳ על מזבח 1 K 12:32, 33(×2); 2 K 16:12; 2 Ch 1:6; 29:21; 1 S 2:28, פרים על מזבח ψ 51:21; elsewhere הע׳ עלות על מזבח Ex 40:29 (P) Jos 22:23; 1 K 3:4; 9:25; 2 Ch 1:6; 35:16; Ezr 3:2; Ez 43:18, הע׳ עלות ליהוה על מז׳ Dt 27:6;Jos 8:31; 1 Ch 16:40; 2 Ch 8:12; Ezr 3:3. e.g. Exodus 24:5
Hophal
- Pf.;—
- 1. be carried away, 3 fs. הֹעֲלָ֑תָה Na 2:8. e.g. Nahum 2:8
- 2. be taken up into, inserted in 3 ms. הֹעֲלָה 2 Ch 20:34 (על ספר) (pass. of Qal 6). e.g. 2 Chronicles 20:34
- 3. 3 ms. be offered, of פר Ju 6:28 (על המזבח). e.g. Judges 6:28
Hithpael
- lift oneself: Impf. 3 ms. אֶל־יִתְעַל Je 51:3 against (him that) lifts himself, but corrupt; either read אַל־, let him not, etc. (𝔖 𝔗 𝔙 Hi Gf Gie Rothst), or del. אל (𝔊 CoHpt). e.g. Jeremiah 51:3
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. go up, ascend, climb (NH id.; MI 33 (?); Ph. עלה; Assyrian elû; Arabic عَلَا; 𝔗 and Syriac in der. species; cf. perhaps Ethiopic ለዐለ: (for ለዐዐለ: ዐልዐለ: Di 54); Sab. עלי = عَلَّى DHMZMG xxxvii. 415, cf. עלוהו = عُلْوَهُ Sab Denkm 91);—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עָלֶה
- [cover,] foliage, leaf. Gen. R. s. 19 (play on עֲלֵי תאנה, Gen. III, 7) ע׳ שהביאו תואנה וכ׳ the leaves which brought grief into the world; Yalk. ib. 27 ע׳ שהביא וכ׳. Shebi. VII, 1 עֲלֵה הלוף השוטה, v. לוֹף; a. fr.—Pl. עָלִים, עָלִין; constr. עֲלֵי. Y. ib. V, 35ᵈ bot. מהוצאת ע׳ ועד וכ׳ from the sprouting of leaves to the coming forth of buds of fruits there is an interval of fifty days. Ib. עלי בצלים leaves of onions. Ḥull. 92ᵃ ע׳ שבה וכ׳ the leaves thereon (on the vine Israel) are the untutored, v. אֶשְׁכּוֹל; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 3:7
עִלָּה
- , v. עִילָה
עָלָה
- , v. עלי
עלי
- (b. h.) to go up, rise; to come up, arrive. Pes. VIII, 3 מי שיַּעֲלֶה מכם וכ׳ whichever of you shall first arrive at Jerusalem (for the Passover), v. infra. Snh. X, 3 אינה עתידה לַעֲלוֹת shall not rise (from the grave at the time of resurrection). Y. Peah V, end, 19ᵃ (ref. to גבול עולם, Prov. XXII, 28) זו עוֹלֵי מצרים this refers to those who came up from Egypt; Ḥag. 3ᵇ. Ib. עולי בבל those who came back from Babylonia. Ber. 20ᵃ, a. e. (ref. to Gen. XLIX, 22) א"ת עֲלֵי עין אלא עוֹלֵי עין read not ‘ăle ‘ayin, but ‘ole ‘ayin, those rising above the (evil) eye (whom the evil eye cannot affect). Snh. 111ᵃ כשע׳ משה למרום when Moses came up to heaven. Keth. 61ᵃ עוֹלָה עמו וכ׳ she rises with him, but does not go down with him, i.e. the wife rises to the husband’s social position and can claim its comforts, if it be a higher one than her own, &c.; a. v. fr.—Ḥull. 17ᵇ עוֹלֶה ויורד בסכין a going up and down in a slaughtering knife, i.e. a curved blade.—קרבן עולה ויורד, v. יָרַד.—עלה על דעת, v. דַּעַת.—Esp. to be put on the altar, be offered. Zeb. IX, 1 אם עָלְתָה לא תרד if it has been offered, it must not be taken down again. Ib. 2. Men. 22ᵇ מכאן לעוֹלִין שאינן מבטלין וכ׳ this proves that things which are offered up (e.g. blood of several sacrifices that has become mixed up) do not neutralize one another. Ib. 23ᵃ חיבורי עולין that which is attached to things which go on the altar; a. fr.—Idiomatic uses: a) (sub. לחשבון) to be counted in; to be accounted as. M. Kat. III, 5 שבת עולה ואינה וכ׳ the Sabbath counts as one of the seven days of mourning, and does not discontinue the mourning, i.e. the mourning continues after the Sabbath; רגלים מפסיקין ואינן עולין festivals discontinue (the mourning begun before), but do not count, i.e. if the burial took place on a festive day, the mourning days begin after the festival. Ab. IV, 13 עוֹלָה זדון, v. זָדוֹן. Zeb. I, 3 לא עָלוּ לבעלים משום חובה the owners of the sacrifices are not credited with them as a compliance with their obligation; a. fr.—b) to rise in value; to be esteemed. Ab. l. c. וכתר שם טוב עוֹלֶה על גביהן the crown of a good name is worth more than all of them; a. e.—c) [to rise on the scale, be outweighed,] to be void, be neutralized (cmp. בָּטֵל). Ter. IV, 7 תרומה עולה באחד ומאה T’rumah (mixed up in secular matter) is neutralized in one hundred and one (i.e. one against one hundred). Ib. 11 תַּעֲלֶה באחד ומאה is neutralized in &c.; לא תעלה is not neutralized. Ib. 13; a. fr.—d) ע׳ לרגל, or ע׳ to go up (to Jerusalem and the Temple) for the festival. Yoma 21 בשעה שישראל עולין לרגל when the Israelites were in the Temple on the festivals. Ḥag. I, 1. Ib. 4ᵃ שאינן ראויין לעלות who are not fit for the pilgrimage. Pes. 8ᵇ, a. e. עוֹלֵי רגלים pilgrims; a. fr.—e) ע׳ בידו to obtain, achieve. Ber. 35ᵇ עָלְתָה בידן they were successful. Naz. 23ᵃ מי שנתכוון לעלות בידו בשר חזיר וע׳ בידו בשר טלה he who intended to obtain flesh of the swine, and happened to obtain mutton; a. fr. e.g. Proverbs 22:28
- 1. to elevate, exalt, praise. Sabb. 33ᵇ יהודה שעי׳ יִתְעַלֶּה Judah who elevated (praised the Roman government), shall be elevated (to high office). Y. Snh. X, 29ᶜ top שעִילּוּ אותי וכ׳ who exalted me &c., v. זָבַח. Gen. R. s. 15 (ref. to וישם, Gen. II, 8) עי׳ אותו God raised him (made him a dignitary, by analogy to Deut. XVII, 15); a. fr. e.g. Genesis 2:8
- 2. to prize, to acquire at the highest price, bid for. Gen. R. s. 16 (ref. to ויקח, Gen. II, 15) עי׳ אותו he acquired him (by analogy to Is. XIV, 2; v. infra Hithpa.); Yalk. ib. 22. Gen. R. s. 40 (ref. to ויעלו, Jer. XXXVIII, 13) מְעַלִּין אותו (or מַעֲלִין, Hif.) they bade for him. e.g. Genesis 2:15
- 1. to raise, bring up. Makhsh. VI, 1 המַעֲלֶה פירותיו וכ׳ if one carries his fruits up to the roof, v. כְּנִימָה; Tosef. ib. III, 1. Pesik. R. s. 26 ובקושי הֶעֱלוּהוּ and with hard work they brought him up (out of the pit); a. v. fr.—Esp. to offer on the altar. Zeb. XIV, 3 המַעֲלֶה מבשר וכ׳ he who offers parts of the flesh of a sin offering &c. Ib. XIII, 1 שחט בפנים וה׳ בחוץ if he slaughtered a sacrifice within the Temple precincts, and offered it without; a. v. fr.
- 2. to raise, promote to a higher dignity. Yoma 20ᵇ, a. fr. מַעֲלִין בקדש ולא מורידין we may promote (a person or thing) to a higher grade of sanctity, but must not degrade. Tosef. Ned. VI, 5 שמעלה … מטומאתן which raises (relieves) the unclean from their uncleanness; Ned. 75ᵇ; Y. ib. X, 42ᵃ; a. fr.—לא מעלה ולא מוריד, v. יָרַד.—Idiomatic uses: a) to cause to go up from the reader’s place (which was low, v. תֵּיבה); to remove, discharge. Ber. 29ᵃ ולא הָעֱלוּהוּ and they did not remove him. Ib. טעה … מעלין אותו if a reader makes a mistake in the twelfth section of the T’fillah (v. מִין III), he must be removed; a. fr.—b) (v. Kal, c) to neutralize. Ter. IV, 8 תאנים שחורות מַעֲלוֹת וכ׳ black figs help to neutralize in conjunction with white ones, i.e. the black and the white secular figs are counted together against the admixture of figs of T’rumah whether black or white; a. fr.—c) (v. Kal, a) to account, credit or charge. B. Mets. 69ᵇ אני אעלה לך סלע וכ׳ I will give thee credit for one Sela each month (as a compensation for the use of the cow). Ab. II, 2 מעלה אני עליכם וכ׳ I (the Lord) shall credit you with a large reward, just as if you had accomplished (the good you had intended to do). Ib. III, 7, sq. מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו וכ׳ the Bible text (the Lord) charges him as if he had endangered his life (v. חוּב). Yoma 81ᵇ מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו וכ׳ it is accounted to his credit, as if he had fasted on the ninth and the tenth; a. fr.—d) (v. Kal, e) to succeed, profit. Snh. 90ᵇ הֶעֱלֵיתֶם בידכם, v. יָעַל.—f) ה׳ חן to effect grace; to find favor. Gen. R. s. 9 הלואי תהא מַעֲלַת חן לפני … כשם שהֶעֱלִית וכ׳ Oh, that thou wouldst find favor before me (please me) at all times, as thou dost now; a. e.—g) ה׳ חֵמָה [to let anger rise,] to become angry. Gen. R. s. 93 בשעה שהיה יהודה מעלה ח׳ וכ׳ whenever Judah got angry, the hair &c.; a. e.—h) (with or sub. ארוכה) to heal up. Ḥull. 77ᵃ, v. אֲרוּכָה II. Shebi. IV, 6 לא שיַעֲלֶה, v. פָּשַׁח; a. fr.
- to be removed, withdraw. Tosef. Yoma I, 12 בעון … שכינה נַעֲלַת through the sin of bloodshed has the Divine Presence withdrawn (Sifré Num. 161 מסתלקת).
- 1. to be raised, exalted. Sabb. 33ᵇ, v. supra; a. e.
- 2. to be raised in price, to be bargained for at auction. Gen. R. s. 40, end (ref. to וַתֻּקַּח, Gen. XII, 15) מִתְעַלָּה והולכת חד וכ׳ higher and higher prices were offered for her; one said, I give &c.; Esth. R. to II, 16 (ref. to ותלקח, ib.) מתעלה בליקוחין. e.g. Genesis 12:15
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Forms in the corpus
The 485 distinct written forms H5927 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 425 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5927, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מעל maʻal H4605 above
- מעל môʻal H4607 lifting
- מעלה maʻăleh H4608 ascent
- על ʻal H5920 above
- עלה ʻâleh H5929 leaf
- עלה ʻôlâh H5930 burnt offering
- עלה ʻillâh H5931 matter
- עלי ʻĕlîy H5940 pestle
- עלי ʻillîy H5942 upper
- עליה ʻălîyâh H5944 roof chamber
- עלית ʻallîyth H5952 roof chamber
- תעלה tᵉʻâlâh H8585 conduit
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 17 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 768 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 817 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:6
- Exodus 1:10
- Leviticus 2:12
- Numbers 8:2
- Deuteronomy 1:21
- Joshua 2:6
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 4:1
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Samuel 1:24
- 1 Kings 1:35
- 2 Kings 1:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
