עָלָ֨ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָלָ֨ה

   a-LA

   went up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עָלָ֨ה אֶל־רֹ֤אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל֙

   a-LA el-ROSH ha-kar-MEL

   went up to the top of the Carmel
3. clause🔊 וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ עָלָ֨ה אֶל־רֹ֤אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל֙ וַיִּגְהַ֣ר אַ֔רְצָה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם פָּנָ֖יו בֵּ֥ין ברכו בִּרְכָּֽיו׃

   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 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
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”