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
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LE
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu le-akh-AV a-LE e-KHOL u-she-TE
- 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 context — 1 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.