a.lah describes going upward or onward, including travel to places, advances against enemies, and bringing things up.

The supplied verses most often show movement upward or onward to a destination, whether people travel to a city, house, worship site, or elevated place. They also show an advance against an opponent, the causing of persons or objects to be brought up, and the presentation of sacrificial offerings.

1. Going up or traveling to a place · dominant

   Qal forms mark people moving to a named destination or toward a location: in 1 Kings 1:40 the APB renders the people as having “went up after him,” while in 1 Chronicles 21:19 it renders David as having “went up” in response to Gad's word. The same movement appears in commands and questions about going up in 1 Chronicles 14:10 and 1 Kings 18:43.

   1 Kings 1:401 Chronicles 21:191 Chronicles 14:101 Kings 18:431 Samuel 25:351 Kings 9:24
2. Advancing against an opponent · common

   In military clauses, Qal forms describe an approach directed against another party. In 1 Kings 14:25 the APB renders Shishak as having “came up against Jerusalem”; 1 Kings 15:17 similarly places Baasha's going up against Judah before his building activity, and 1 Chronicles 14:8 describes the Philistines' movement to seek David.

   1 Kings 14:251 Kings 15:171 Chronicles 14:81 Chronicles 14:111 Samuel 14:101 Kings 20:22
3. Bringing a person or object up · common

   Hiphil forms present an agent causing a person or object to be brought upward or to a destination. In 1 Chronicles 15:28 the active participle occurs as all Israel brings up the ark; in 1 Chronicles 17:5 the first-person perfect refers to bringing Israel up. The same construction is used for bringing David in his bed in 1 Samuel 19:15 and for bringing Samuel up in 1 Samuel 28:11.

   1 Chronicles 15:281 Chronicles 17:51 Chronicles 15:121 Samuel 19:151 Samuel 28:111 Samuel 1:24
4. Presenting offerings · occasional

   Hiphil forms occur in sacrificial contexts where the clause concerns an offering placed before the LORD. In 1 Chronicles 21:26 the APB renders David as having “offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings,” and 1 Chronicles 29:21 likewise joins sacrifices with burnt offerings. In 1 Samuel 13:12, the first-person Hiphil form occurs in Saul's statement that he offered the burnt offering.

   1 Chronicles 21:261 Chronicles 29:211 Samuel 13:121 Kings 12:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “went up,” “go up,” “came up against,” and “bring up”; in sacrificial clauses it uses “offered up.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, individual English choices do not always isolate the term's contribution.