1 Samuel 13:5:161 Sam.13.5.W16TAB
וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙
vayaalu
“and they went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-LU
- clause
va-ya-a-LU va-ya-kha-NU be-mikh-MAS kid-MAT BET A-ven
- sentence
u-fe-lish-TIM ne-es-fe-U le-hil-la-KHEM im-yis-ra-EL she-lo-SHIM E-lef RE-khev ve-SHE-shet a-la-FIM pa-ra-SHIM ve-AM ka-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT-ha-YAM la-ROV va-ya-a-LU va-ya-kha-NU be-mikh-MAS kid-MAT BET A-ven
Exegesis
Sequential action is signaled by the vav-consecutive imperfects vaya'alu {וַיַּעַלוּ | way-ya-ʿă-lû} ‘and they went up’ and vayakhanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | way-ya-ḥa-nû} ‘and they camped’.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, with thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and a host as numerous as the sand along the shore of the sea. They advanced and encamped at Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 13:5, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (vayaalu) 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.13.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.5.W16.S1) and character.