עלייה
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Hebrew
Etymology
Root |
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ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h) |
The verbal noun of the verb עָלָה (alá, “to rise”).
Noun
עלייה / עֲלִיָּה • (aliyá) f [pattern: קְטִילָה]
- ascent, ascending, going up
- rise.
- (Judaism, countable) aliyah (the calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah)
- (uncountable) aliyah (the immigration of Jews to Israel)
- atrium (upper cavity of the heart)