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HebrewH5927Verb

עָלָה

a.lah

775Occurrences
H5927Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
rise/go 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

עָלָה appears 775 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
62
1 Samuel
61
Judges
60
Exodus
54
2 Chronicles
49
Joshua
49
2 Kings
47
1 Kings
46

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:6BSB

Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.”And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.

2 Chronicles 29:21BSB

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

Exodus 19:13BSB

No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

Isaiah 24:18BSB

Whoever flees the sound of panicwill fall into the pit,and whoever climbs from the pitwill be caught in the snare.For the windows of heaven are open,and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Job 5:26BSB

You will come to the grave in full vigor,like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.