Hebrew Word of the Week

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Hebrew Word of the Week

Based on the Weekly Torah Portion

The Hebrew word of the week is the verb 'alah ("to ascend, go up"), taken from the weekly Torah portion Beha'alotekha. The hiphil (causative) form of this verb appears in the second verse of the parashah (i.e., Numbers 8:2):

When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps
shall give light in front of the menorah. (Num 8:2b).

Related Words

'alah is a root word (Strong# 5927; TWOT #1624) that occurs in over 800 verses in the Tanakh. Some words that share this root include:

Scripture Passages:

For you, O LORD, are most high above all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods (Psalm 97:9)

In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month,
the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony (Numbers 10:11)

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