1 Samuel 14:10:31 Sam.14.10.W3TAB
עֲל֤וּ
alu
“go up”
- Transliteration
- a-LU
- Extended
- ah-LOO
- IPA
- /ʕăˈluː/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LU
- phraseyour reading level
a-LU a-LE-nu
- clause
ve-im-KO yo-me-RU a-LU a-LE-nu ve-a-LI-nu ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DE-nu
- sentence
ve-im-KO yo-me-RU a-LU a-LE-nu ve-a-LI-nu ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DE-nu ve-ze-LA-nu ha-OT
Exegesis
The imperative ʿălû {עֲלוּ | ʿă-lû˓} ‘come up’ appears within direct quotation.
Root and etymology
ע־ל
“upon, on”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:10
But if they say, “Come up to us,” then we will go up, because the LORD has given them into our hand, and this will be the sign for us.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:10, so the Hebrew word עֲל֤וּ (alu) 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.14.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.10.W3.S1) and character.