עלה

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 (ʿaliyy, “to be high, exalted”) and Arabic عُلًى‎ (ʿulan, “to climb”).

Pronunciation 1

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

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 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.

Noun

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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.

Derived terms

• בְּצֵק עָלִים‎ (b'tzék alím)