# aliyah (עֲלִיָּה)

pronounced: a-lee-YAH


**Ascent — today, immigration to Israel under the idea of going up to the land**

## In Scripture

> Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
> — Genesis 13:1 (The verb alah, ‘to go up,’ describes Abram ascending from Egypt; aliyah is the later noun from this root.)

> Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him out of the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
> — Exodus 19:3 (Moses goes up to God at Sinai, showing ascent as movement toward God’s presence.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/aliyah/