Hebrew

Verb

עָלָה • ‎(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 ha-khakhám ba-olám avál afilú aní yodéa sheha-shémesh olá ba-mizrákh.

   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.
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 Isreal [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.
11. (Biblical Hebrew) To make a burnt offering (hiphil form, hence עלות olôth 'burnt offerings').

Conjugation

References

• “H5927”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Pronunciation 2

Noun

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

1. A leaf.

See also

• עלה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he