1 Kings 16:17:11 Kgs.16.17.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה
vayaale
“and he went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-A-le
- Extended
- vah-yah-AH-leh
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈlɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-A-le
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-A-le om-RI
- clause
va-ya-A-le om-RI ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL i-MO mi-gib-be-TON
- sentence
va-ya-A-le om-RI ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL i-MO mi-gib-be-TON va-ya-TSU-ru al-tir-TSa
Exegesis
The verse opens with the verb wayyaaleh {וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה | wayya‘ălêh} ‘and he went up’ using the vav-consecutive on the Qal imperfect to mark narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
‛-l-hʿayin–lamed–heh
“to go up, ascend”
In context — 1 Kings 16:17
Then Omri and all Israel with him advanced from Gibbethon and encircled Tirzah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:17, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה (vayaale) 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.16.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.17.W1.S1) and character.