וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה

   va-ya-a-LE

   and he went up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה אַחְאָ֖ב

   va-ya-a-LE akh-AV

   and he went up Ahab
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה אַחְאָ֖ב לֶאֱכֹ֣ל וְלִשְׁתּ֑וֹת

   va-ya-a-LE akh-AV le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT

   and he went up Ahab to eat and to drink
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה אַחְאָ֖ב לֶאֱכֹ֣ל וְלִשְׁתּ֑וֹת וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ עָלָ֨ה אֶל־רֹ֤אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל֙ וַיִּגְהַ֣ר אַ֔רְצָה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם פָּנָ֖יו בֵּ֥ין ברכו בִּרְכָּֽיו׃

   va-ya-a-LE akh-AV le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT ve-e-li-YA-hu a-LA el-ROSH ha-kar-MEL va-yig-HAR AR-tsa va-ya-SEM pa-NAV BEN ve-re-KHU bir-KAV

   and he went up Ahab to eat and to drink and Elijah went up to the top of the Carmel and he crouched down to the ground and he put his face between his knees his knees

Exegesis

The verse advances the storyline with two coordinated clauses introduced by wayyiqtol, beginning with vayyaaleh {וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה | wayyaʿăleh} ‘and he went up’ for Ahab’s immediate action (“to eat and to drink”), followed by a parallel action for Elijah marked by alah {עָלָ֨ה | ʿālāh} ‘he went up’.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ע־ל־הAyin–Lamed–Heh

“to go up”