1 Samuel 13:15:31 Sam.13.15.W3TAB
וַיַּ֛עַל
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
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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-YA-kam she-mu-EL va-YA-al min-ha-gil-GAL giv-AT bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-YA-kam she-mu-EL va-YA-al min-ha-gil-GAL giv-AT bin-ya-MIN va-yif-KOD sha-UL et-ha-AM han-nim-tsa-IM im-MO ke-SHESH me-OT ISH
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through successive vav-consecutive verbs: vayakam {וַיָּקָם | wayyāqām} ‘and he arose’ introduces Samuel’s action, followed by vayyaʿal {וַיַּעַל | wayyaʿal} ‘and he went up,’ establishing movement from the point of departure (min-ha-gilgāl {מִן־הַגִּלְגָּל | min-ha-gilgāl}) to the destination in a construct chain (gibʿat bînyāmīn {גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִן | gibʿat bînyāmīn}).
In context — 1 Samuel 13:15
Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin, and Saul counted the people who were found with him, about six hundred men.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 13:15, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֛עַל (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 Sam.13.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.15.W3.S1) and character.