עלה

Hebrew edit

Root
ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)

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”).

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עָלָה • (ʕālā/alá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

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.
To cost.
אני מקווה שזה לא יעלה הרבה.
aní m'kavé shezé lo ya'alé harbé.
I hope this won't cost a lot.
To grow.
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.
To develop.
To mount (a horse), to board (a plane), to enter (a street via a junction), etc.
(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.
To come, appear, show up, arrive.
Synonym of עלה לרגל (make pilgrimage, visit a holy site)
To depart for battle.

Conjugation of עָלָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לַעֲלוֹת action noun: עֲלִיָּה passive participle: —
finite forms		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.