העלה

Hebrew

Root
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)
12 terms

Verb

הֶעֱלָה • (he'elá) (hif'il construction) (transitive)

  1. to raise, lift
    • Tanach, Genesis 37:28, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶת יוֹסֵף מִן הַבּוֹר
      vayimsh'chú vaya'alú et yoséf min habór
      and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit
  2. to bring from a low place to a high place
    • Tanach, Genesis 46:4, with translation of the King James Version:
      אָנֹכִי אֵרֵד עִמְּךָ מִצְרַיְמָה וְאָנֹכִי אַעַלְךָ גַם עָלֹה
      anochí eréd im'chá mitsráyma v'anochí a'alchá gam aló
      I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again
  3. to offer (an animal sacrifice or the like, to God or the like)
    • Tanach, Genesis 8:20, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיַּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ
      vayá'al olót bamizbéach
      and offered burnt offerings on the altar
  4. to promote to a higher position
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Ketubot, section 2.8:
      אין מעלין לכהונה על פי עד אחד
      ein ma'alín lak'huná al pi ed echád
      There is no promoting to the priesthood based on the testimony of [only] one witness.
  5. to resolve, decide
    • c. 1965, אליעזר יהודה וולדינברג (Eliezer Y'huda Valdinberg), ציץ אליעזר (Tsits Eliezer), volume 8, section 15, chapter 13, paragraph 14, page 129, column 2 [1]:
      וזאת‬ ‫הלכה העלה שאסור לחולה שא״ב סכנה ללכת לרופא‬ ‫כזה [מחלל שבת] ביום ש״ק
      v'zót halakhá he'elá she'asúr l'kholé Sh'"B sakaná lalékhet l'rofé kazé [mekhalél shabát] b'yom Sh"K
      And this halacha decides, that it is forbidden for a sick person who is not in danger to go to a doctor like this [who desecrates the Sabbath] on the day of the holy Sabbath.
  6. to light (a lamp or the like)
  7. to upload

Conjugation

Conjugation of הֶעֱלָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהַעֲלוֹת
action noun הַעֲלָאָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הֶעֱלֵיתִי הֶעֱלֵינוּ
second הֶעֱלֵיתָ הֶעֱלֵית הֶעֱלֵיתֶם הֶעֱלֵיתֶן
third הֶעֱלָה הֶעֱלְתָה הֶעֱלוּ
present מַעֲלֶה מַעֲלָה מַעֲלִים מַעֲלוֹת
future first אַעֲלֶה נַעֲלֶה
second תַּעֲלֶה תַּעֲלִי תַּעֲלוּ תַּעֲלֶינָה1
third יַעֲלֶה תַּעֲלֶה יַעֲלוּ תַּעֲלֶינָה1
imperative הַעֲלֵה הַעֲלִי הַעֲלוּ הַעֲלֶינָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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