עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to go up, ascend
a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
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Aleya
(Bemba)
| Hebrew meaning | to go up, ascend |
| Bemba meaning | He/She going (somewhere) |
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kw-era
(Chichewa)
| Hebrew meaning | To ascend or go up, either literally (e.g., movement from a lower to higher location) or figuratively (e.g., increased rank, status, or intensity); also used transitively for bringing, causing, or offering something up. In sacrificial and cultic cont |
| Chichewa meaning | to ascend, climb, go up |
| Notes | Used for climbing and ascending, both literally and somewhat figuratively. |
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gw-ira
(Kikuyu)
| Hebrew meaning | To ascend or go up, either literally (e.g., movement from a lower to higher location) or figuratively (e.g., increased rank, status, or intensity); also used transitively for bringing, causing, or offering something up. In sacrificial and cultic cont |
| Kikuyu meaning | to ascend, to go up |
| Notes | Verb for physical ascent, closely semantically aligned. |
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ku-a
(Kimbundu)
| Hebrew meaning | To ascend or go up, either literally (e.g., movement from a lower to higher location) or figuratively (e.g., increased rank, status, or intensity); also used transitively for bringing, causing, or offering something up. In sacrificial and cultic cont |
| Kimbundu meaning | to ascend, to go up |
| Notes | Refers generally to upward movement. |
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kw--era
(Luganda)
| Hebrew meaning | To ascend or go up, either literally (e.g., movement from a lower to higher location) or figuratively (e.g., increased rank, status, or intensity); also used transitively for bringing, causing, or offering something up. In sacrificial and cultic cont |
| Luganda meaning | to climb, ascend |
| Notes | Standard verb for going up or climbing in Luganda. |
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eya
(Sepedi)
| Hebrew meaning | go on or go up |
| Sepedi meaning | go on or go up |
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kw-ira
(Shona)
| Hebrew meaning | To ascend or go up, either literally (e.g., movement from a lower to higher location) or figuratively (e.g., increased rank, status, or intensity); also used transitively for bringing, causing, or offering something up. In sacrificial and cultic cont |
| Shona meaning | to climb, go up, ascend |
| Notes | Used for both physical and metaphorical rising. |
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Aleya
(Tswana)
| Hebrew meaning | to go up, ascend |
| Tswana meaning | Are you going? |
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kh-wela
(Xhosa)
| Hebrew meaning | To ascend or go up, either literally (e.g., movement from a lower to higher location) or figuratively (e.g., increased rank, status, or intensity); also used transitively for bringing, causing, or offering something up. In sacrificial and cultic cont |
| Xhosa meaning | to climb, go up, ascend |
| Notes | Same root as Zulu, similar semantics. |
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kh-wela
(Zulu)
| Hebrew meaning | To ascend or go up, either literally (e.g., movement from a lower to higher location) or figuratively (e.g., increased rank, status, or intensity); also used transitively for bringing, causing, or offering something up. In sacrificial and cultic cont |
| Zulu meaning | to go up, ascend, climb |
| Notes | Common verb for ascending, used literally and in figurative contexts. |