5929. aleh

Lexicon

aleh: Leaf

Original Word: עָלֶה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `aleh
Pronunciation: ah-leh
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-leh')
Definition: Leaf
Meaning: a leaf, foliage

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

branch, leaf

From alah; a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage -- branch, leaf.

see HEBREW alah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from alah
Definition
leaf, leafage
NASB Translation
branches (5), leaf (9), leaves (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עָלֶה noun masculine leaf, leafage (see עלה Qal 4; — ׳ע Leviticus 26:36 +; construct עֲלֵה Genesis 3:7; Genesis 8:11; suffix עָלֵהוּ Jeremiah 17:8 +; plural construct עֲלֵי Nehemiah 8:15 +; suffix עֶלֶהָ Isaiah 1:30; — leaf, leafage, of various trees Genesis 3:7; Genesis 8:11; Nehemiah 8:15 (5 t. in verse); green Jeremiah 17:8, flourishing Proverbs 11:28; but usually fading Isaiah 1:30; Isaiah 34:4; Isaiah 64:5; Jeremiah 8:13; Ezekiel 47:12; Psalm 1:3; driven leaf Leviticus 26:36; Job 13:25; עלה לִתְרוּפָה leaf for healing Ezekiel 47:12.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָלָה (ʿālāh), which means "to ascend" or "to go up."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G5444 (φύλλον, phyllon): This Greek term is used in the New Testament to denote a leaf, similar to the Hebrew עָלֶה. It appears in contexts such as the parable of the fig tree in Matthew 24:32, where the budding leaves signify the approach of summer: "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near."

Usage: The word עָלֶה appears in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible, often in reference to the natural world, such as the leaves of trees or plants. It can also be used metaphorically to represent prosperity or the flourishing of life.

Context: • The term עָלֶה is frequently used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the leaves of trees and plants. It is often associated with the imagery of life and vitality. For instance, in Genesis 3:7, the leaves of the fig tree are used by Adam and Eve to cover themselves, symbolizing the first human attempt to address their newfound awareness of nakedness.
• In Ezekiel 47:12, the leaves of the trees growing by the river are described as having healing properties: "Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."
• The use of עָלֶה in prophetic literature often conveys a message of hope and restoration. In Isaiah 64:6, the imagery of withered leaves is used to describe the frailty and transience of human righteousness: "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away."
• The metaphorical use of leaves to represent prosperity and flourishing is evident in passages like Jeremiah 17:8, where the righteous are compared to a tree planted by the water, whose leaves remain green: "He will be like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

Forms and Transliterations

הֶעָלֶ֣ה העלה וְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗ה וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ וְעָלֵ֖הוּ וְעָלֵ֥הוּ וַעֲלֵ֖י וַעֲלֵ֣י וַעֲלֵ֤י וַעֲלֵי־ והעלה וכעלה ועלהו ועלי ועלי־ כֶּֽעָלֶה֙ כעלה עֲלֵ֣ה עֲלֵה־ עֲלֵי־ עָלֵ֖הוּ עָלֵ֜הוּ עָלֶ֑הָ עָלֶ֣ה עָלֶה֙ עלה עלה־ עלהו עלי־ ‘ă·lê- ‘ā·le·hā ‘ā·lê·hū ‘ă·lêh ‘ā·leh ‘ă·lêh- ‘ălê- ‘ălêh ‘āleh ‘ălêh- ‘ālehā ‘ālêhū aLeh aLeha aLehu alei he‘āleh he·‘ā·leh heaLeh ke‘āleh ke·‘ā·leh keaLeh vaalei veaLehu vecheaLeh veheaLeh wa‘ălê wa‘ălê- wa·‘ă·lê wa·‘ă·lê- wə‘ālêhū wə·‘ā·lê·hū wə·he·‘ā·leh wə·ḵe·‘ā·leh wəhe‘āleh wəḵe‘āleh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 3:7
HEB: הֵ֑ם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ עֲלֵ֣ה תְאֵנָ֔ה וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ
NAS: fig leaves together
KJV: fig leaves together,
INT: themselves sewed leaves fig and made

Genesis 8:11
HEB: עֶ֔רֶב וְהִנֵּ֥ה עֲלֵה־ זַ֖יִת טָרָ֣ף
NAS: olive leaf. So Noah
KJV: [was] an olive leaf pluckt off:
INT: evening and behold leaf olive was a freshly

Leviticus 26:36
HEB: אֹתָ֗ם ק֚וֹל עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֔ף וְנָס֧וּ
NAS: of a driven leaf will chase
KJV: of a shaken leaf shall chase
INT: will chase and the sound leaf of a driven will flee

Nehemiah 8:15
HEB: הָהָ֗ר וְהָבִ֙יאוּ֙ עֲלֵי־ זַ֙יִת֙ וַעֲלֵי־
NAS: olive branches and wild
KJV: olive branches, and pine
INT: to the hills and bring branches olive branches

Nehemiah 8:15
HEB: עֲלֵי־ זַ֙יִת֙ וַעֲלֵי־ עֵ֣ץ שֶׁ֔מֶן
NAS: olive branches, myrtle
KJV: and myrtle branches, and palm
INT: branches olive branches trees olive

Nehemiah 8:15
HEB: עֵ֣ץ שֶׁ֔מֶן וַעֲלֵ֤י הֲדַס֙ וַעֲלֵ֣י
NAS: myrtle branches, palm
KJV: and palm branches, and branches
INT: trees olive branches myrtle branches

Nehemiah 8:15
HEB: וַעֲלֵ֤י הֲדַס֙ וַעֲלֵ֣י תְמָרִ֔ים וַעֲלֵ֖י
NAS: palm branches and branches
KJV: branches, and branches of thick
INT: branches myrtle branches palm and branches

Nehemiah 8:15
HEB: וַעֲלֵ֣י תְמָרִ֔ים וַעֲלֵ֖י עֵ֣ץ עָבֹ֑ת
NAS: branches and branches of [other] leafy
INT: branches palm and branches trees of leafy

Job 13:25
HEB: הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ
NAS: a driven leaf to tremble?
KJV: Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro?
INT: leaf A driven cause

Psalm 1:3
HEB: יִתֵּ֬ן בְּעִתּ֗וֹ וְעָלֵ֥הוּ לֹֽא־ יִבּ֑וֹל
NAS: in its season And its leaf does not wither;
KJV: in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
INT: yields season leaf does not wither

Proverbs 11:28
HEB: ה֣וּא יִפֹּ֑ל וְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗ה צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִפְרָֽחוּ׃
NAS: will flourish like the [green] leaf.
KJV: shall flourish as a branch.
INT: he will fall the leaf the righteous will flourish

Isaiah 1:30
HEB: כְּאֵלָ֖ה נֹבֶ֣לֶת עָלֶ֑הָ וּֽכְגַנָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away
KJV: For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth,
INT: an oak fades leaf A garden after

Isaiah 34:4
HEB: יִבּ֔וֹל כִּנְבֹ֤ל עָלֶה֙ מִגֶּ֔פֶן וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶת
NAS: away As a leaf withers
KJV: shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off
INT: wither away A leaf the vine withers

Isaiah 64:6
HEB: צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַנָּ֤בֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וַעֲוֹנֵ֖נוּ
NAS: of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities,
KJV: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities,
INT: our righteous wither A leaf and all and our iniquities

Jeremiah 8:13
HEB: תְּאֵנִ֣ים בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ נָבֵ֔ל וָאֶתֵּ֥ן
NAS: on the fig tree, And the leaf will wither;
KJV: on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;
INT: figs the fig and the leaf will wither have given

Jeremiah 17:8
HEB: חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת
NAS: comes; But its leaves will be green,
KJV: cometh, but her leaf shall be green;
INT: the heat become leaves will be green A year

Ezekiel 47:12
HEB: לֹא־ יִבּ֨וֹל עָלֵ֜הוּ וְלֹֽא־ יִתֹּ֣ם
NAS: for food. Their leaves will not wither
KJV: for meat, whose leaf shall not fade,
INT: will not wither their leaves will not fail

Ezekiel 47:12
HEB: פִרְיוֹ֙ לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל וְעָלֵ֖הוּ לִתְרוּפָֽה׃ ס
NAS: will be for food and their leaves for healing.
KJV: thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
INT: and their fruit food and their leaves healing

18 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5929
18 Occurrences

‘ă·lêh — 4 Occ.
‘ā·le·hā — 1 Occ.
‘ā·lê·hū — 2 Occ.
‘ă·lê- — 1 Occ.
he·‘ā·leh — 1 Occ.
ke·‘ā·leh — 1 Occ.
wa·‘ă·lê- — 4 Occ.
wə·‘ā·lê·hū — 2 Occ.
wə·ḵe·‘ā·leh — 1 Occ.
wə·he·‘ā·leh — 1 Occ.