עלה

Hebrew

Root
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).

Related to Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “to be high, exalted”) and Arabic عَلَىٰ (ʕalā, “to climb”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈla/
• (Modern, Eastern Dialect) IPA^(key): /ʕala/

Verb

עָלָה • (ʕālā/alá) (pa'al construction)

1. To ascend, rise, go up; to move from a point to a higher point.

   אני לא האדם החכם בעולם אבל אפילו אני יודע שהשמש עולה במזרח.

   aní lo ha'adám hakhakhám ba'olám avál afilú aní yodéa shehashémesh olá bamizrákh.

   I'm not the smartest man in the world but even I know the sun rises in the east.

2. To cost.

   אני מקווה שזה לא יעלה הרבה.

   aní m'kavé shezé lo ya'alé harbé.

   I hope this won't cost a lot.

3. To grow.
4. To rise in standing; to progress in a social or other figurative ladder.

   קליבלנד עלתה לגמר ה-NBA.‏ ― klívland altá ligmár ha'én-bí-éi. ― Cleveland has advanced to the NBA Finals.

5. To develop.
6. To mount (a horse), to board (a plane), to enter (a street via a junction), etc.
7. (of a Jew) To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.

   הרבה יהודים מצרפת עלו ארצה השנה.

   harbé yehudiyím metsarfat alu 'ártsá hashaná.

   Many Jews from France have made aliyah to Israel [literally towards the land] this year.

8. To come, appear, show up, arrive.
9. Synonym of עלה לרגל (make pilgrimage, visit a holy site)
10. To depart for battle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of עָלָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לַעֲלוֹת action noun: עֲלִיָּה passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	עָלִיתִי		עָלִינוּ
	second	עָלִיתָ	עָלִית	עֲלִיתֶם1	עֲלִיתֶן1
	third	עָלָה	עָלְתָה	עָלוּ
present		עוֹלֶה	עוֹלָה	עוֹלִים	עוֹלוֹת
future	first	אֶעֱלֶה		נַעֲלֶה
	second	תַּעֲלֶה	תַּעֲלִי	תַּעֲלוּ	תַּעֲלֶינָה2
	third	יַעֲלֶה	תַּעֲלֶה	יַעֲלוּ	תַּעֲלֶינָה2
imperative		עֲלֵה	עֲלִי	עֲלוּ	עֲלֶינָה2
notes		Pronounced עָלִיתֶם and עָלִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H5930 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

עֹלָה • (óla) m (plural indefinite עֹלוֹת, singular construct עֹלַת־)

1. fully burnt offering

References

• H5927 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Pronunciation 2

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈle/

Noun

עָלֶה • (alé) m (plural indefinite עָלִים, singular construct עֲלֵה־)

1. A leaf.
2. Spade, ♠

Derived terms

• בְּצֵק עָלִים (b'tzék alím)
• עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה (alé-t'ená)

See also

Suits in Hebrew · סדרה (sídra) (layout · text)
לב (lev)	יהלום (yahalóm)	עלה (alé)	תלתן (tiltā́n)

References

• H5929 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible