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Strong's #5927 - עָלָה
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- 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
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1357) lo (אהל AhL) AC: Work CO: Yoke AB: ?: The pictograph o is a picture of they eye representing knowledge and experience, the l is a picture of a shepherd staff or yoke. Combined these mean "experience the staff". The yoke, a staff is lifted over the shoulder, is attached to the oxen for performing work. (eng: collar - with the exchange of the sound of the ayin with the c and the additional r)
A) lo (אהל AhL) AC: Raise CO: ? AB: ?
Nm ) lo (אהל AhL) - I. Above:[df: lwe]II. Upon:[Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (152): above, high, upon, in, on, over, by, for, both, beyond, through, throughout, against, beside, forth, off, from - Strongs: H5920 (עַל), H5921 (עַל), H5922 (עַל)
Nf1) elo (אהלה AhLH) - Rising: A rising of smoke from a burnt offering. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): burn offering - Strongs: H5928 (עֲלָוָה)
Nf3) tflc (גלות GLWT) - Captivity: A yoke was placed on captives to be taken back. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (19): captivity, captive - Strongs: H1546 (גָּלוּת), H1547 (גָּלוּ)
am) lom (מאהל MAhL) - Above: KJV (138): above, upward, high, exceeding, upon, forward - Strongs: H4605 (מַעַל)
af1) elom (מאהלה MAhLH) - Ascent: A place of straight or stepped incline. KJV (47): degree, steps, dial, by, come, story, up - Strongs: H4609 (מַעֲלָה)
fm) ilo (אהלי AhLY) - Pestle: As lifted up then down to smash what is in the mortar. KJV (1): pestle - Strongs: H5940 (עֱלִי)
if1) elot (תאהלה TAhLH) - Trench: A watercourse that rises in elevation to bring down water from a higher source. KJV (11): conduit, trench, watercourse, healing, cured, river - Strongs: H8585 (תְּעָלָה)
km) lom (מאהל MAhL) - Rising: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): down - Strongs: H4606 (מֶעָל)
pm) mlo (אהלמ AhLM) - Youth: A young male at the prime age for work. KJV (2): young, stripling - Strongs: H5958 (עֶלֶם)
pf1) emlo (אהלמה AhLMH) - Youth: A young female at the prime age for work. KJV (7): virgin, maid, damsel - Strongs: H5959 (עַלְמָה)
fjm) nfilo (אהליונ AhLYWN) - High: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (57): high, upper, higher, highest, above, uppermost - Strongs: H5945 (עֶלְיוֹן), H5946 (עֶלְיוֹן)
rpm) mflo (אהלומ AhLWM) - Youth: A young male at the prime age for work. KJV (4): youth - Strongs: H5934 (עֲלוּמִים)
B) llo (אהלל AhLL) AC: Work CO: ? AB: ?: The yoke was listed up onto the shoulder of the oxen to perform work.
V) llo (אהלל AhLL) - Work: To perform a work. To work over another as a mocking or abuse. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (23): (vf: Hitpael, Hophal) glean, done, abuse, mock, affect, children, do, defiled, practice, wrought, bring, come, went - Strongs: H5953 (עָלַל), H5954 (עֲלַל)
am) llom (מאהלל MAhLL) - Works: KJV (41): doings, works, inventions, endeavors - Strongs: H4611 (מַעֲלָל)
bm) lilo (אהליל AhLYL) - Furnace: Used for working metals. KJV (1): furnace - Strongs: H5948 (עֲלִיל)
bf1) elilo (אהלילה AhLYLH) - Works: KJV (24): doing, works, deeds, occasions, actions, actions, acts, inventions - Strongs: H5949 (עֲלִלָה)
bff1) eililo (אהליליה AhLYLYH) - Works: KJV (1): work - Strongs: H5950 (עֲלִילִיָּה)
idm) lflot (תאהלול TAhLWL) - Impulse: A work performed without consideration. KJV (2): babe, delusion - Strongs: H8586 (תַּעֲלוּלִים)
H) elo (אהלה AhLH) AC: Lift CO: ? AB: ?: The lifting of the yoke onto the shoulder. One taken into exile is placed in the yoke for transport and the yoke of bondage. It was a common practice to strip the clothes off of those taken into exile.
V) elo (אהלה AhLH) - I. Rise:To go, come or bring oneself or something up. [Hebrew and Aramaic; A generic verb with a wide application meaning to lift up] [df: hlg]II. Uncover:As a lifting off of the cover. To be exposed from the removal of clothing. Also to reveal something by exposing it. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: hlg alg]KJV (1087): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Hophal, Pual, Piel) up, offer, come, bring, ascend, go, chew, offering, light, increase, burn, depart, put, spring, raise, break, exalt, uncover, discover, captive, carry away, reveal, open, captivity, show, remove, appear, brought, carry - Strongs: H1540 (גָּלָה), H1541 (גְּלָא), H5924 (עֵלָּא), H5927 (עָלָה)
Nm ) elo (אהלה AhLH) - Leaf: As high in the tree. KJV (18): leaf, branch - Strongs: H5929 (עָלֶה)
am) elom (מאהלה MAhLH) - Ascent: A place of straight or stepped incline. KJV (18): up, ascent, cheifest, cliff, hill, stairs - Strongs: H4608 (מַעֲלֶה)
ff1) eilo (אהליה AhLYH) - Loft: A room on top of the house used during hot days of summer. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (21): chamber, parlour, up, ascent, loft, chamber - Strongs: H5944 (עֲלִיָּה), H5952 (עִלִּי)
J) lfo (אהול AhWL) AC: Lift CO: Yoke AB: ?: The lifting up of the yoke upon the shoulders of the oxen.
Nm) lfo (אהול AhWL) - Yoke: [df: le] KJV (40): yoke - Strongs: H5923 (עוֹל)
Nf1 ) elfo (אהולה AhWLH) - I. Rising:A rising of smoke from a burnt offering. II. Captivity:In the sense of lifting a yoke on the shoulder. [df: hlwghlg] KJV (331): burn offering, ascent, go up, captivity, carry, captive, remove - Strongs: H1473 (גֹּלָה), H5930 (עוֹלָה)
L) loi (יאהל YAhL) AC: Lift CO: ? AB: ?
V) loi (יאהל YAhL) - Lift: KJV (23): (vf: Hiphil) profit, forward, good, profitable - Strongs: H3276 (יָעַל)
am) lofm (מואהל MWAhL) - Lift: KJV (1): lifting - Strongs: H4607 (מֹעַל)
M) lio (אהיל AhYL) AC: ? CO: Coat AB: ?: An upper garment lifted up onto the shoulders.
Nf1) elio (אהילה AhYLH) - Occasion: [Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (3): occasion - Strongs: H5931 (עִלָּה)
fm) ilio (אהילי AhYLY) - High: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (12): upper, high - Strongs: H5942 (עִלִּי), H5943 (עִלָּי)
km) liom (מאהיל MAhYL) - Cloak: KJV (28): robe, mantle, cloke, coat - Strongs: H4598 (מְעִיל)
Adopted Roots:
- A2027 Lob (Rule, Master)
- A2349 Lom (Transgress, Transgression)
- A2415 Lon (Shod, Sandal)
- A2418 Ron (Young)
- A2542 Zlo (Rejoice)
- A2545 Xlo (Rejoice)
- A2548 Ylo (Triumph)
- A2551 Lmo (Labor, Laborer)
- A2622 Lop (Make, Work)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ע Genesis 19:15 +; 3 feminine singular עָֽלְתָה Genesis 40:10 +; עָלָ֑תָה Jeremiah 14:2; 1 Samuel 1:22; 2 masculine singular עָלִיתָ Genesis 49:4 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲלֶה Genesis 2:6 +, יַ֫עַל Genesis 44:33 +, וַיַּעַל Genesis 13:1 +; suffix יַעֲלֶנָּה Isaiah 35:9, etc.; Infinitive absolute עָלֹה Genesis 46:4 2t.; construct עֲלוֺת Genesis 32:25 +, etc.; Imperative עֲלֵה Genesis 35:1 +; feminine singular עֲלִי Numbers 21:17 +, plural עֲלוּ Genesis 44:17 +; Participle עֹלֶה Genesis 38:13 +; עוֺלֶה Isaiah 24:18 +, plural עֹלִים Genesis 28:12 +, etc.; —
1 of persons, go up, ascend, in local relations:
a. from low place to high, with מִן, מִמִּצְרַיִם Genesis 45:25 (E) + 6t.; מארץ מצרים Exodus 13:18 (E) + 3t.; מִבָּבֶל Ezra 7:6; Ezra 8:1; מִן הירדן Joshua 4:16,17,19 (P); מ(ןהֿ)מדבר Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 8:5 etc.
b. out of a place, withמִן, מִן הארץ 1 Samuel 28:13; מֵהַבְּאֵר 2 Samuel 17:21; מִ(תּוֺךְ) הַמַּחַת Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44.
c. with accusative of place whither: a cityביתאל Genesis 35:1,3(E); באר שׁבע Genesis 26:23 (J); a mountain ההר Numbers 13:17 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:24 +, etc.; a bed Genesis 49:4 (twice in verse) (J) 2 Kings 1:4,16, gate Ruth 4:1; (הַ)שָּׁמַיִם Deuteronomy 30:12; 2 Kings 2:11; Amos 9:2 4t.; with אֶלֿ, אל (ה)הר Exodus 19:23; Exodus 34:2,4 (J) Exodus 24:15,18 (P) + 5t. P; אֶלהַֿמָּקוֺם Deuteronomy 17:8, אל ירושׁלם Ezra 7:7; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 (אל הר), with accusative of location + ׳אֶליֿ (see 2 b) Jeremiah 31:6, of going up to Jerusalem (from a distance), etc.; with לְ to, לירושׁלם Ezra 1:3 (from Babylon); לבית 1 Samuel 25:35, etc.; with עַד unto, עדנֿחל Numbers 32:9 (J); with בְּ, בְּאַחַת עָרֵי 2 Samuel 2:1 (construction praegn.); בְּבעלפרצים 1 Chronicles 14:11 (strike out בְּ); בְּגִרָלִי Judges 1:3.
d. to sacred places, Exodus 34:24, with accusative בית יהוה, from palace 2 Kings 19:14; 2 Kings 20:5,8; 2 Kings 23:2; 2 Chronicles 29:20; 34:30; Isaiah 37:14; Isaiah 38:22; Jeremiah 26:10; במה 1 Samuel 9:13,14,19; with אֶל, אל הר האלהים Exodus 24:13 (E); ׳בּבית י 1 Samuel 1:7 (בּ dittograph); בהר יהוה Psalm 24:3.
e. with accusative דֶּרֶךְ by the way to Numbers 21:33 (E) Deuteronomy 3:1; Judges 8:11; 1 Samuel 6:9; 2 Kings 3:8; מעלה Jeremiah 48:5; חוֺמָה Joel 2:7.
f. ascend, climb, with בְּ by, a ladder Genesis 28:12 (E), Ezekiel 40:6,22,29, etc.; with עַל upon, altar by (ב) steps, of priest, Exodus 20:23 (Gi; van d. H. Exodus 20:26; E) the roof Joshua 2:8; Judges 9:51, bed Psalm 132:3; עַליָֿדָיו on his hands 1 Samuel 14:13; על במתי עב Isaiah 14:14 ("" ממעל לכוכבי אֵל), etc.
2 go up, in personal relations:
a. to meet or visit, with אֶל person, Genesis 44:17,24,34; Genesis 45:9 (J) Joshua 10:4,6 (all with implication of ascent), Deuteronomy 25:7 (to gate of city), +; with על person, Genesis 38:12 (= ה locative, up to Timnah); לקראת Genesis 46:29 (J) Judges 6:35; 2 Kings 1:3,6,7.
b. go up unto (אֶל) God, on a height, אל האלהים Exodus 19:3 (E) 1 Samuel 10:3; אל יהוה Exodus 24:1 (E) Exodus 19:24; Exodus 32:30 (J) Judges 21:5 (twice in verse); Judges 21:8 (to war); אֵלַי Exodus 24:12 (E) Deuteronomy 10:1; unto Deborah Judges 4:5.
c. go up, in war, with אֶל against Numbers 13:31 (E) Judges 1:1; Judges 12:3; 1 Samuel 7:7; Isaiah 36:10 (= על 2 Kings 18:25) +; oftener with על, 1 Samuel 14:10; Judges 6:3; Judges 15:10; Judges 18:9; 1 Kings 14:25 +; with על + לַצָּבָא Joshua 22:12,33 (P); with בְּ, Isaiah 7:6; Jeremiah 48:18; with לְ Habakkuk 3:16; + למלחמה Judges 20:18 3t.; + במלחמה 1 Samuel 29:9; וַתּעל(ה) המלחמה 1 Kings 22:35 2 Chronicles 18:34.
d. go up after, with אחרי = follow 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Kings 1:35,40.
e. go up, depart, with מֵעַל (q. v.) 1 Samuel 6:20; Genesis 17:22; Genesis 35:18 (P) +, subject ׳כבוד י Ezekiel 11:23,24; = withdraw, retreat, 1 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 12:19; Jeremiah 21:2, absolute 2 Samuel 23:9, and so read "" 1 Chronicles 11:13 (see Dr Sm).
3 of animals, go or come up: absolute frogs Exodus 7:28 (J) Exodus 8:2 (P), quails Exodus 16:13 (P); lion Isaiah 35:9; fox Nehemiah 3:25; rise up, fly up, eagle Isaiah 40:31; Jeremiah 49:22; with מִן, cattle out of water Genesis 41:2,3,18,19; Song of Solomon 4:2; Song of Solomon 6:6, lion מִגְּאוֺן הַיַּרְדֵּן Jeremiah 49:19 = Jeremiah 50:44, מִסֻּבְּכוֺ Jeremiah 4:7, from prey Genesis 49:9 (J); climb up into (ב) houses, locusts Joel 2:9; frogs, on (ב) persons Exodus 7:29 (J); with על, of cattle, sexually Genesis 31:10,12 (E); locusts upon the land Exodus 10:12,14 (E) Joel 1:6.
4 of vegetation, spring up, grow, shoot forth: trees Isaiah 55:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:12; קיקיון Jonah 4:6; grass Deuteronomy 29:22; Amos 7:1; ears of grain Genesis 41:5,22 (E), also Genesis 40:10 (E) Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 32:13 compare simile Isaiah 53:2, Hosea 10:8; Proverbs 26:9; כֻלּוֺ׳ע קמשׂנים Proverbs 24:31 all of it grown up with thorns, Isaiah 34:13; figurative קֶרֶן Daniel 8:3,8.
5 of natural phoenomena, go up, rise: dew, Exodus 16:14, i.e. disappear (P); ׳אֵד עמִןהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 2:6 (J), cloud 1 Kings 18:44; Jeremiah 4:13; הַשַּׁחַר׳ע dawn, etc. Genesis 19:15 (JE) Judges 19:25; 1 Samuel 9:26 +; smoke Genesis 19:28; Exodus 19:18 (J) Judges 20:40 +; fire Judges 6:21; flame Judges 13:20; stench Isaiah 34:3; Joel 2:20; incense Ezekiel 8:11; well Numbers 21:17 (E); waters Jeremiah 47:2; Nile Jeremiah 46:7,8; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; with על, of overflow Isaiah 8:7 +.
6 of inanimate things (instead of passive construction), absolute, shock of grain (to גֹּרֶן) Job 5:26; of בָּשָׂר (covering bones in Ezekiel's vision) Ezekiel 37:8; with על, of garments upon the body Leviticus 19:19 (P) Ezekiel 44:17; razor on head Judges 13:5; Judges 16:17; 1 Samuel 1:11; yoke upon oxen Numbers 19:2 (P) 1 Samuel 6:7; lot upon an animal Leviticus 16:9,10 (P); with בְּ, weight in balance Psalm 62:10; entry in (ב) a book 1 Chronicles 27:24; = be offered (of sacrifice) 1 Kings 18:29; 2 Kings 3:20; Isaiah 60:7; אֲרוּכָה (q. v.) in healing, Jeremiah 8:22, figurative 2 Chronicles 24:13; Nehemiah 4:1.
7 of thoughts, על לב׳ע 2 Kings 12:5; Isaiah 65:17 5t.; על לבב׳ע Jeremiah 51:50; Ezekiel 38:10; אל לב׳ע Ezekiel 14:7; על רוּחַ׳ע Ezekiel 20:32; of anger 2 Samuel 11:20; 2 Chronicles 36:16 (ב person) + 3t.; temper Ecclesiastes 10:4 (עָלֶיךָ).
8 come up before God, arrogance, בְּאָזְנָיו 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:29; cry, ׳אֶלאֿ Exodus 2:23 (P), with accusative 1 Samuel 5:12, absolute Jeremiah 14:2; tumult Psalm 74:23; of evil Jonah 1:2 (לְפָנַי).
9 go up, extend, of boundary, with מִן whence, + accusative, אֶל, לְ and even בְ whither Joshua 15:3,6,8; Joshua 18:12 (twice in verse) + (all P). 10. excel: thou excellest (עַל) them Proverbs 31:29; be superior to יעלה עליך מעלה מעלה Deuteronomy 28:43. — עוֺלֶה Job 36:33 is difficult, compare Comm., and see עַוְלָה).
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נַעֲלָה Numbers 10:11 +; 2 masculine singular נַעֲלֵיתָ Psalm 97:9; Imperfect יֵעָלֶה Exodus 40:37, etc.; Infinitive construct הֵעָלוֺת Numbers 9:17 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הֵעָלוּ Numbers 16:24; —
1. a. be brought up: מבבל לירושׁלם Ezra 1:11.
b. be taken up, וַתֵּעֲלוּ על שׂפת לשׁון Ezekiel 36:3 (Kö i. 553; talked about).
c. (1) passive, be taken up, away, of (pillar of) cloud, followed by מֵעַל of tabernacle Exodus 40:36; Numbers 9:17; Numbers 10:11 (P); absolute Exodus 40:37 (twice in verse); Numbers 9:21 (twice in verse); Numbers 9:22 (P); of the glory from upon the cherubim Ezekiel 9:3; (2) reflexive, take oneself away from, get up from: מִסָּבִיבֹ Numbers 16:24; מֵעַל Numbers 16:27; of a besieging army Jeremiah 37:5,11.
2 reflexive: take oneself away מאחרי person, from following after, 2 Samuel 2:27.
3 be exalted, of God Psalm 47:10; with על, over all gods Psalm 97:9.
Hiph`il Perfect הֶעֱלָךְ Numbers 8:3 +, הֵעֲלָה Habakkuk 1:15 (Ges§ 63 p); suffix הֶעֶלְךָ Nehemiah 9:18, הֶעֱלָנוּ Exodus 32:1 2t.; 3 feminine singular וְהַעַלְתָה 1 Samuel 2:19 consecutive; suffix הֶעֱלָ֫תַם Joshua 2:6; 2 masculine singular הֶעֱלִיתָ Exodus 33:1 +; וְהַעֲלִיתָ consecutive Deuteronomy 27:6 +; הֶעֱלֵיתָ Exodus 32:7; וְהַעֲלֵיתָ consecutive Exodus 40:4; 2 masculine plural suffix הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּ Numbers 20:5; Numbers 21:5, etc.; Imperfect יַעֲלֶה Leviticus 17:8 +; וְיַ֫עַל 2 Samuel 24:22; וַיַּעֲלֶה Jeremiah 10:13; וַיַּ֫עַל Genesis 8:20 +, suffix יַעְלֵם Deuteronomy 28:61, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַעֲלֵה Ezekiel 23:46; construct הַעֲלוֺת 1 Chronicles 23:31 +, etc.; Imperative הַ֫עַל Exodus 33:12 2t.; feminine singular הַעֲלִי 1 Samuel 28:8,11 +, etc.; Participle מַעֲלֶה 1 Samuel 7:10 +; construct מַעֲלֵה Leviticus 11:4 +; suffix מַעַלְךָ Deuteronomy 20:1; Psalm 81:11; feminine מַעֲלָה Leviticus 11:26; construct מַעֲלַת Leviticus 11:3,6; Deuteronomy 14:6, etc.; —
1 bring up persons:
a. from a place, with מִן ׃מִןהַסָּ֑לַע Judges 15:13; מִמִּצְרַיִם Exodus 17:3 (E) + 3t. E, + 8t.; מארץ מצרים Exodus 32:1 (J) + 5t. J, + Leviticus 11:45 (P), Deuteronomy 20:1; Joshua 24:17 (E), + 13t.; מארץ צפון Jeremiah 16:15 = Jeremiah 23:8.
b. (1) out of a place, with ׃מן מִ(ן הַ)בּוֺר Genesis 37:28 (E) Psalm 40:3; Jeremiah 38:10,13; משּׁחת Jonah 2:7; מקּברות Ezekiel 37:12,13; מןשֿׁאול Psalm 30:4, etc.; (2) with בְּ by means of, בְּחֶרְמִי Ezekiel 32:3 ( Habakkuk 1:15 see 3 below).
c. with accusative of place whither, Numbers 20:25 (P) Numbers 22:41 (E) Joshua 2:6; Joshua 7:24 (J) Ezra 4:2; השׁמים 2 Kings 2:1; with אֶלהָֿעֲלִיָּה ׃אֶל 1 Kings 17:19; with לבית ׃לְ 2 Chronicles 8:11.
d. cause to ascend, climb: על המרכבה 1 Kings 20:33 (אֶל 2 Kings 10:15 probably error), עלהֿמגדלות 2 Chronicles 32:5 (ᵑ9 built towers thereon, i.e. עָלָיו׳ע); מֵעַל להומה Nehemiah 12:31 see על
IV:2e. 2 in personal relations:
a. bring up, with אל, 1 Samuel 19:15; 2 Kings 10:15; 2 Kings 25:6; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:9; with לְ 1 Samuel 28:8,11 (twice in verse).
b. in war, with עַל against 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 50:9; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 23:46; Ezekiel 26:3.
c. take away (from life) Psalm 102:25; Job 36:20.
3 bring up animals, with על, frogs על הארץ Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:3 (P); bring up horses to a charge Jeremiah 51:27, compare Nahum 3:3; draw up men, under figure of fish (בְּחַכָּה) Habakkuk 1:15; train, young lion Ezekiel 19:3; of cattle, מעלה גֵרָה, i.e. chewing the cud Leviticus 11:3,4 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:5,6,26; Deuteronomy 14:6,7 (twice in verse).
4 cause to ascend: with accusative of thing, smoke מן העיר Judges 20:38; stench באף Amos 4:10, etc.; bring waters upon, על Isaiah 8:7; bring up from (מן location) 2 Samuel 6:2,12; 1 Kings 8:1; Genesis 50:25 (JE), +; with אֶל location, Judges 16:3; 1 Chronicles 15:3,12, with accusative of location 2 Chronicles 2:15; with אל person 1 Samuel 6:21; with לְ person Judges 16:8; 1 Samuel 2:19; with על, bring sickness upon Deuteronomy 28:61; עפר על ראשׁ׳הע throw dust on the head Joshua 7:6; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 27:30; clothe sackcloth upon Amos 8:10; flesh upon Ezekiel 37:6; put ornaments on 2 Samuel 1:24; compare also 1 Kings 10:16,17 2 Chronicles 9:15,16; 3:5,14; נֵר׳הע light lamp (make flame go up; Thes and others of raising lamp upon the lamp-stand) Exodus 25:37; Exodus 27:20 6t. P; bring up new flesh (heal; see אֲרוּכָה) Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6.
5 mentally: גִּלּוּלִים על לב׳הע Ezekiel 14:3, אל לב Ezekiel 14:7, i.e. make object of thought; rouse, stir up, with accusative אַף, anger Proverbs 15:1, compare Ezekiel 24:8.
6׳מנחה ל ׳הע 2 Kings 17:4 offer a present; bring up tithe to (ל) Nehemiah 10:39; מַס׳הע raise a levy 1 Kings 5:27; 1 Kings 9:15, למס 1 Kings 9:21; 2 Chronicles 8:8.
7 exalt: Psalm 137:6 if I exalt not Jerusalem above (עַל) my chief joy; אנכי אַעַלְךָ גםֿ(מ)עלה
עָלָה fut. יַעֲלֶה.
(1) to go up. (Arab. عَلاَ to be high, lifted up, also to go up. In the Indo-Germanic languages to the same family belongs the Latin root, alo (aufziehn); whence alesco (wachfen), altus, altare, and, with the breathing at the beginning of the word hardened, cello; whence celsus, excello, collis. As to the German roots, see Fulda, Germ. Wurzelwörter, § ccx. 2.) Constr. followed by עַל of place to which one ascends, Isaiah 14:14 אֶל Exodus 24:13, 15 Exodus 24:15, 18 Exodus 24:18, 34:4 לְ Isaiah 22:1 בְּ Psalms 24:3; Song of Solomon 7:9 followed by an acc. Genesis 49:4, כִּי עָלִיתָ מִשְׁכְּבֵי אָבִיךָ “because thou wentest up thy father’s couch;” Proverbs 21:22; Numbers 13:17; Judges 9:48. It is very often used in speaking of those who go from a lower region towards a higher; for instance, of those who go to Judæa from Egypt, Genesis 13:1, 44:24 Exodus 1:10 from the kingdom of the ten tribes, Isaiah 7:1, 1 Kings 12:27, 28 1 Kings 12:28, 15:17 Acts 15:2 from Assyria, Isaiah 36:1, 10 Isaiah 36:10 from Babylonia, Ezra 2:1; Nehemiah 7:6 from all countries (Zechariah 14:16, 17 Zechariah 14:17); also of those who go up to the sanctuary, Exodus 34:24; 1 Samuel 1:3, 10:3 (sanctuaries having anciently been built on high places, like monasteries, of which those who go thither are said in Syriac, to go up (ܣܠܰܩ), compare under the word בָּמָה No. 3, 4), who go to the city (cities having, in like manner, been built on mountains), 1 Samuel 9:11; Judges 8:8, 20:18, 31 Judges 20:31; Hosea 8:9 who go into the desert (which seems, like the sea, to rise before those who look at it), Job 6:18; Matthew 4:1 who go to a prince or judges (from their commonly residing in citadels), Numbers 16:12, 14 Numbers 16:14; Judges 4:5, 20:3 Ruth 4:1; Deuteronomy 17:8.
Inanimate things are also said to go up, as smoke, Genesis 19:28 (and even any thing which being burned turns to smoke, Judges 20:40 Jerem. 48:15 ); vapour, Genesis 2:6 the morning, Genesis 19:15, 32:25, 27 Genesis 32:27 anger (which is often compared to smoke), Psalms 18:9, 78:21, 31 Psalms 78:31; 2 Samuel 11:20 also, a way which goes upwards, Judges 20:31 a tract of rising ground, Joshua 16:1, 18:12 a lot which comes up out of the urn, Leviticus 16:9, 10 Leviticus 16:10; Joshua 18:11 a plant which sprouts forth and grows, Genesis 40:10, 41:22 Deuteronomy 29:22 (poet. used of men, Genesis 49:9); whence the part. עוֹלֶה Job 36:33 (a plant) sprouting forth; compare עָלֶה.
Like other verbs of going, flowing (see יָרַד, הָלַךְ ); poet. it is construed with an acc. of the thing, which goes up in great plenty, as though it all were changed into it; Proverbs 24:31, הִנֵּה עָלָה כֻלּוֹ קִמְּשׁוֹנִים “behold! it all (the field) went up thorns,” i.q. becomes thorns, like a house when burned turns to smoke, Isaiah 34:13, 5:6 Amos 8:8, 9:5.
(2) Metaph. to increase, to become strong (as a battle), 1 Kings 22:35 wealth, Deuteronomy 28:43 followed by עַל, to overcome, Proverbs 31:29. As to the phrase עָלָה עַל לֵב see עַל p. 628, A.
(3) A garment when put on is said to go up (see עַל No. 1, ), Leviticus 19:19 a razor when used for the head, Judges 16:17 a bandage, when applied to a wound (see אֲרוּכָה ); also things which are taken up, carried away (compare Hiph. No. 3), Job 5:26, 36:20 also things which come up into an account (compare Hiph. No. 3), 1 Chronicles 27:24.
Niphal (pass. of Hiph.).
(1) to be made to go up, i.e. to be brought up, Ezra 1:11.
(2) to be made to depart, to be driven away, Jeremiah 37:11; Numbers 16:24, 27 Numbers 16:27; 2 Samuel 2:27.
(3) to be elevated, exalted (used of God), Psalm 47:10 97:9.
Hiphil הֶעֱלָה (rarely הֵעֲלָה Habakkuk 1:15)
(1) to cause (any one, or any thing) to go up, e.g. on a roof, Joshua 2:6 out of a pit, Genesis 37:28 to lead up, to take up, 1 Samuel 2:19, 8:8 2 Samuel 2:3, 6:15 2 Kings 17:36 הֶעֱלָה אֶת־הַנֵּרוֹת he put lamps on the candlestick, Exodus 25:37. Constr. followed by an acc., once followed by לְ Ezekiel 26:3. Specially to put a sacrifice on the altar, to offer, Isaiah 57:6 הֶעֱלָת עֹלוֹת to offer a burnt offering, Leviticus 14:20; Job 1:5.
(2) to take up, Psalms 102:25.
(3) to bring up into an account, 1 Kings 9:21.
(4) to spread over, to overlay with. 1 Kings 10:17, שְׁלשֶׁת מָנִים זָהָב יַעֲלֶה עַל־הַמָּגֵן הָאֶחֶד “and he overlaid one shield with three minæ of gold,” i.e. he used it in gilding one shield.
Hophal הֹעֲלָה (for הָעֳלֳה) to be led up, Nahum 2:8 to be offered (as a sacrifice), Judges 6:28 to be brought into an account, 2 Chronicles 20:34.
Hithpael, to lift up oneself, Jeremiah 51:3.
Derived nouns, עָל, עַל, עָלֶה, עֹלָה, עֱלִי, עִלּי, עֶלְיוֹן, מַעַל, מֹעַל, מַעֲלֶה, מַעֲלָה, תְּעָלָה, and the pr. names אֶלְעָלֶה, עֵלִי, Chald. עֲלָה.