Midvash

עָלָהʻâlâh

go up, ascend, climb

Pronunciation: aw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5927

Meanings

Qal

1. of persons, go up, ascend, in local relations

c. unto (Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:3; Genesis 26:23)

e. by the way to (Numbers 21:33; Deuteronomy 3:1; Judges 8:11)

f. ascend, climb, by (Genesis 28:12; Ezekiel 40:6; Ezekiel 40:22)

2. go up, in personal relations

a. to meet, visit (Genesis 44:17; Genesis 44:24; Genesis 44:34)

b. go up (Exodus 19:3; 1 Samuel 10:3; Exodus 24:1)

c. go up (Numbers 13:31; Judges 1:1; Judges 12:3)

d. go up (1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 1:40)

e. go up, depart (1 Samuel 6:20; Genesis 17:22; Genesis 35:18)

3. go or come up, of animals (Exodus 7:28; Exodus 8:2; Exodus 16:13)

4. spring up, grow, shoot forth, of vegetation (Isaiah 55:13; Ezekiel 47:12; Jonah 4:6)

5. go up, rise, of natural phoenomena (Exodus 16:14; Genesis 2:6; 1 Kings 18:44)

6. of inanimate things (instead of passive construction) (Job 5:26; Ezekiel 37:8; Leviticus 19:19)

7. of thoughts (2 Kings 12:5; Isaiah 65:17; Jeremiah 51:50)

8. come up, before God (2 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 37:29; Exodus 2:23)

9. go up, extend, of boundary (Joshua 15:3; Joshua 15:6; Joshua 15:8)

10. excel (Proverbs 31:29; Deuteronomy 28:43; Job 36:33)

Niph`al

1.

a. be brought up (Ezra 1:11)

b. be taken up (Ezekiel 36:3)

c. be taken up, away, take oneself away from, get up from (Exodus 40:36; Numbers 9:17; Numbers 10:11)

2. take oneself away (2 Samuel 2:27)

3. be exalted (Psalms 47:10; Psalms 97:9)

Hiph`il

1. bring up, persons

b. by means of (Genesis 37:28; Psalms 40:3; Jeremiah 38:10)

d. cause to ascend, climb (1 Kings 20:33; 2 Kings 10:15; 2 Chronicles 32:5)

2. in personal relations

a. bring up (1 Samuel 19:15; 2 Kings 10:15; 2 Kings 25:6)

b. against (2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 50:9; Ezekiel 16:40)

c. take away (Psalms 102:25; Job 36:20)

3. bring up, animals (Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:3; Jeremiah 51:27)

4. cause to ascend (Judges 20:38; Amos 4:10; Isaiah 8:7)

5. mentally (Ezekiel 14:3; Ezekiel 14:7; Proverbs 15:1)

6. bring up, raise (2 Kings 17:4; Nehemiah 10:39; 1 Kings 5:27)

7. exalt (Psalms 137:6; Genesis 46:4)

8. cause to ascend, offer (Exodus 24:5; Exodus 32:6; Leviticus 17:8)

Hoph`al

1. be carried away (Nahum 2:8)

2. be taken up, inserted, (passive of Qal 6) (2 Chronicles 20:34)

3. be offered (Judges 6:28)

Hithpa`el: lift oneself (Jeremiah 51:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 889 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:6 Instead, springs came up from the ground and watered all the land.
  • Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.
  • Genesis 13:1 So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
  • Genesis 17:22 When God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.
  • Genesis 19:15 At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”
  • Genesis 19:28 He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.
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