1 Kings 20:26:71 Kgs.20.26.W7TAB
וַיַּ֣עַל
vayaal
“and he went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YA-ahl
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-al a-FE-ka
- clause
va-YA-al a-FE-ka lam-mil-kha-MA im-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA va-yif-KOD ben-ha-DAD et-a-RAM va-YA-al a-FE-ka lam-mil-kha-MA im-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Vaya’al {וַיַּ֣עַל | way·ya·ʿăl} ‘and he went up’ introduces direction toward a-pekah {אֲפֵ֔קָה | ʾă·pê·qāh}, a strategic stronghold.
In context — 1 Kings 20:26
And it happened at the turning of the year that Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek for battle with Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 20:26, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣עַל (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.20.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.26.W7.S1) and character.