1 Kings 18:44:71 Kgs.18.44.W7TAB
עֹלָ֣ה
ola
“rising”
- Transliteration
- O-LA
- Extended
- oh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕoˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- rising
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
O-LA
- phraseyour reading level
O-LA mi-YAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM va-yo-MER a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem
Exegesis
The participle ʿōlāh {עֹלָה | ʿōlāh} indicates continuous ascent.
The second vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} frames prophetic speech, and the succession of imperatives ʿălēh {עֲלֵ֨ה | ʿălēh}, ʾêmōr {אֱמֹר | ʾêmōr}, ʾêsôr {אֱסֹ֣ר | ʾêsôr}, and wārēḏ {וָרֵ֔ד | wārēḏ} issues authoritative commands.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hʿlh
“to ascend”
In context — 1 Kings 18:44
And it happened at the seventh that he said, “Behold, a small cloud like the palm of a man is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Hitch your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:44:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 18:44, so the Hebrew word עֹלָ֣ה (ola) 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.18.44.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.44.W7.S1) and character.