`alah

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 5927

Original Word	Word Origin
hl[	a primitive root
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
`alah	TWOT - 1624
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
aw-law'	Verb

Definition

to go up, ascend, climb
1. (Qal)
  1. to go up, ascend
  2. to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat
  3. to go up, come up (of animals)
  4. to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)
  5. to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)
  6. to come up (before God)
  7. to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)
  8. to excel, be superior to
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away
  2. to take oneself away
  3. to be exalted
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up
  2. to bring up, bring against, take away
  3. to bring up, draw up, train
  4. to cause to ascend
  5. to rouse, stir up (mentally)
  6. to offer, bring up (of gifts)
  7. to exalt
  8. to cause to ascend, offer
4. (Hophal)
  1. to be carried away, be led up
  2. to be taken up into, be inserted in
  3. to be offered
5. (Hithpael) to lift oneself

NAS Word Usage - Total: 884

all means go 1, approach 1, arise 2, arose 1, ascend 12, ascended 10, ascending 2, ascends 2, ascent 1, attack 2, been 1, blow away 1, breaking 1, bring 33, bring them back 1, bringing 2, brings 1, brought 66, burn 2, burnt offerings 1, came 67, came back 1, carried 2, carried away 1, carry 3, cast 1, charging 1, chew 4, chews 5, climb 4, climbed 1, climbs 2, come 83, comes 2, coming 12, dawn* 1, dawned 1, depart 1, enter 1, entered 1, erected 1, evaporated 1, exalt 1, exalted 2, excel 1, falls 1, fell 2, get 1, get back 1, give off 1, go 140, goes 6, going 8, gone 18, gone away 2, got back 1, grew 3, grow 2, grow back 1, grows 1, imported* 2, incite 1, included 1, invaded 2, jump 1, lead 1, left 1, levied 3, lie 1, lift 1, lifted 10, lighted 1, made 1, marching 1, mating 2, mount 9, mounted 2, offer 29, offered 34, offering 10, offers 3, ornamented* 1, overgrown 1, placed 1, progressed 1, prompts* 1, put 2, raged 2, raised 1, raises 1, reached 1, reaches 1, recorded 1, restore 1, restored 1, rise 10, rises 7, rising 1, rose 4, scales 1, set 1, sets 2, sprang 1, spring 2, sprout 1, stacking 1, stirs 1, surely bring 1, take 3, take me away 1, taken 4, thrown 1, took 4, trims 1, using 4, vanish 1, wear 1, went 161, went away 1, withdraw 3, withdrawn 1, withdrew 1, worked 1

NAS Verse Count
Genesis	47
Exodus	59
Leviticus	13
Numbers	37
Deuteronomy	30
Joshua	47
Judges	60
Ruth	1
1 Samuel	62
2 Samuel	30
1 Kings	47
2 Kings	51
1 Chronicles	22
2 Chronicles	50
Ezra	13
Nehemiah	13
Job	8
Psalms	23
Proverbs	7
Ecclesiastes	2
Solomon	5
Isaiah	37
Jeremiah	63
Lamentations	2
Ezekiel	38
Daniel	3
Hosea	7
Joel	6
Amos	11
Obadiah	1
Jonah	4
Micah	3
Nahum	3
Habakkuk	2
Haggai	1
Zechariah	5

Total	813

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for `alah". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .

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