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עָלֶה
alé



leaf
leaf


Definitions

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עלה
     1. v. 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 ha-khakhám ba-olám avál afilú aní yodéa sheha-shémesh olá ba-mizrákh.) - I'm not the smartest man in th
     2. v. 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. v. To grow.
     4. v. To rise in standing; to progress in a social or other figurative ladder.
     5. v. To develop.
     6. v. To mount (a horse), to board (a plane), to enter (a street via a junction), etc.
     7. v. (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 Isreal literally towards the land this year.
     8. v. To come, appear, show up, arrive.
     9. v. (synonym of עלה לרגל) (make pilgrimage, visit a holy site)
     10. v. To depart for battle.
     11. v. (Classical Hebrew) To make a burnt offering (hiphil form, hence עלות olôth 'burnt offerings').
     12. n. A leaf.



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