1 Kings 18:41:41 Kgs.18.41.W4TAB

עֲלֵ֖ה

ale

go up

Transliteration
a-LE
Extended
ah-LEE
IPA
/ʕăˈleː/

Meaning by language

English
go up

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עֲ + לֵ֖ה
a + le
ale

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LE

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu le-akh-AV a-LE e-KHOL u-she-TE

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu le-akh-AV a-LE e-KHOL u-she-TE ki-KOL ha-MON ha-GA-shem

Exegesis

A sequence of Qal imperatives—aleh {עֲלֵה | ʿă-lêh} ‘go up’, ekhol {אֱכֹל | ’ĕ-kōl} ‘eat’, usheteh {וּשְׁתֵה | ū-šĕ-thêh} ‘drink’—mirrors the Hebrew urgency.

Root and etymology

Rootayin–lamed–heh

channel, trench

In context1 Kings 18:41

And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for the roaring of the rain is heard.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 18:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:41, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵ֖ה (ale) 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.18.41.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.41.W4.S1) and character.