1 Kings 14:25:61 Kgs.14.25.W6TAB
עָלָ֛ה
ala
“went up”
- Transliteration
- a-LA
- Extended
- aa-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-LA
- clause
a-LA sho-SHAK shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-khab-AM a-LA sho-SHAK shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The main predication begins with the verb alah {עָלָ֛ה | ʿā-lāh} ‘went up’, preserving Hebrew verb-first narration and depicting a military approach. The naming shushaq …
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–lamed–heh
“to go up, ascend”
In context — 1 Kings 14:25
And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:25, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֛ה (ala) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.25.W6.S1) and character.