1 Kings 22:6:151 Kgs.22.6.W15TAB
עֲלֵ֔ה
ale
“go up”
- Transliteration
- a-LE
- Extended
- ah-LEE
- IPA
- /ʔăˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- go up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU a-LE
- clause
va-yo-me-RU a-LE ve-yi-TEN a-do-NAI be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ET-ha-ne-vi-IM ke-ar-BA me-OT ISH va-yo-MER a-le-HEM ha-e-LEKH al-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-e-kh-DAL va-yo-me-RU a-LE ve-yi-TEN a-do-NAI be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The response clause employs the imperative ʿalêh {עֲלֵה | ʿa-lē} and the cohortative veyit-tên {וְיִתֵּן | vey-yit-tên} to express divine assurance, rendering the Hebrew VSO structure into English SVO while preserving dialogical flow and theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–lamed–he
“ascend”
In context — 1 Kings 22:6
And the king of Israel gathered about four hundred prophets and said to them, “Shall we go against Ramoth Gilead in battle , or shall we refrain?” And they replied, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 22:6, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵ֔ה (ale) 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.22.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.6.W15.S1) and character.