Transliteration: ‛âlâh

Phonetic: aw-law'

BDB Definition:

1. 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

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1624

Part(s) of speech: Verb