1 Kings 18:43:61 Kgs.18.43.W6TAB
וַיַּ֙עַל֙
vayaal
“and he went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YA-ah l
- IPA
- /vajˈja.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-al
- clause
va-YO-mer el-na-a-RO a-le-NA ha-BET DE-rekh-YAM va-YA-al va-ya-BET va-YO-mer EN me-u-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-na-a-RO a-le-NA ha-BET DE-rekh-YAM va-YA-al va-ya-BET va-YO-mer EN me-u-MA va-YO-mer SHUV SHE-va pe-a-MIM
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive forms (vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vā-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, vaya‘al {וַיַּעַל | vā-ya-‘ăl} ‘and he went up’, vayabet {וַיַּבֵּט | vā-yăb-bēṭ} ‘and he looked’) to move the narrative forward, emphasizing repetition and continuous action.
In context — 1 Kings 18:43
And he said to his servant , “Go up now, look toward the way of the sea.” So he went up and looked, and he said, “There is nothing at all.” And he said, “Go back seven times.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:43:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:43, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (vayaal) 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.18.43.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.43.W6.S1) and character.