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 (ʕaliyy, “to be high, exalted”) and Arabic عَلَىٰ (ʕalā, “to climb”).

Pronunciation 1

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Verb

עָלָה • (ʕālā/alá) third-singular masculine past (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 עָלִיתִיעָלִינוּ
second עָלִיתָעָלִיתעֲלִיתֶם1עֲלִיתֶן1
third עָלָהעָלְתָהעָלוּ
present עוֹלֶהעוֹלָהעוֹלִיםעוֹלוֹת
future first אֶעֱלֶהנַעֲלֶה
second תַּעֲלֶהתַּעֲלִיתַּעֲלוּתַּעֲלֶינָה2
third יַעֲלֶהתַּעֲלֶהיַעֲלוּתַּעֲלֶינָה2
imperative עֲלֵהעֲלִיעֲלוּעֲלֶינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced עָלִיתֶם and עָלִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
References

Noun

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Pronunciation 2

Noun

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

  1. A leaf.
  2. Spade, ♠
Derived terms

See also
Suits in Hebrew · סדרה (sídra) (layout · text)
לב (lev) יהלום (yahalóm) עלה (alé) תלתן (tiltā́n)
References
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