מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙

   min-ha-a-li-YA

   from the upper room
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙

   va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA

   and he brought him down from the upper room
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְאִמּ֑וֹ

   va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu et-ha-YE-led va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA hab-BAI-ta va-yit-te-NE-hu le-im-MO

   and he took Elijah {direct object} the boy or the child and he brought him down from the upper room to the house and he gave him to his mother
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רְאִ‪י חַ֖י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

   va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu et-ha-YE-led va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA hab-BAI-ta va-yit-te-NE-hu le-im-MO va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH

   and he took Elijah {direct object} the boy or the child and he brought him down from the upper room to the house and he gave him to his mother and he said Elijah see {feminine singular} lives or is alive your son {feminine singular possessive}

Exegesis

The prepositional expression min-haʿaliyah {מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה | min·ha·ʿă·liyyāh} marks the origin, while the directive he in ha-baytah {הַבַּיְתָה | ha·bay·tāh} indicates movement toward the house.

Root and etymology

ʿ-l-h🔊 ע־ל־הayin–lamed–he

“to ascend”

• 🔊 עָלָהalahhe ascendedGenesis 13:18