הלאה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ה־ל־א (h-l-ʾ)
1 term

Possibly from הָלָא (halá', “to push away”) +‎ ־ָה (-a, “to, toward, in the direction of, -ward”); compare לְהַלָּן (l'halan) with the same meaning. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic הַלָּא (hallāʾ, “farther, further, beyond”), Classical Syriac ܠܗܰܠ (ləhal), ܘܰܠܗܰܠ (waləhal, “farther, further, beyond”), Arabic هَلَا (halā, “forward! on!”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

הָלְאָה • (hál'a)

  1. along, forward, onward, next
    Synonyms: קָדִימָה, לְהַלָּן
    נַמְשִׁיךְ הָלְאָה
    namshíkh hál'a
    Let's continue onward
  2. farther, further, beyond
  3. (biblical) away, off, hence
    • Tanach, Genesis 19:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֹּאמְרוּ גֶּשׁ־הָלְאָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָאֶחָד בָּא־לָגוּר וַיִּשְׁפֹּט שָׁפוֹט עַתָּה נָרַע לְךָ מֵהֶם וַיִּפְצְרוּ בָאִישׁ בְּלוֹט מְאֹד וַיִּגְּשׁוּ לִשְׁבֹּר הַדָּלֶת׃
      But they said, “Stand back! The fellow,” they said, “came here as an alien, and already he acts the ruler! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” And they pressed hard against the person of Lot, and moved forward to break the door.
    • Tanach, Jeremiah 22:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      קְבוּרַת חֲמוֹר יִקָּבֵר סָחוֹב וְהַשְׁלֵךְ מֵהָלְאָה לְשַׁעֲרֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃
      He shall have the burial of an ass, dragged out and left lying outside the gates of Jerusalem.

Interjection

הָלְאָה! • (hál'a!)

  1. Forward!, Onward!, Keep going!
    Synonyms: קָדִימָה, יַאלְלָה
    הָלְאָה! הָלְאָה!
    hál'a! hál'a!
    Keep going! Keep going!

References

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