1 Samuel 14:46:11 Sam.14.46.W1TAB
וַיַּ֣עַל
vayaal
“and went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YA-ahl
- IPA
- /vajˈja.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-al sha-UL
- clause
va-YA-al sha-UL me-a-kha-re pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-YA-al sha-UL me-a-kha-re pe-lish-TIM u-fe-lish-TIM hal-KHU lim-ko-MAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayya'al {וַיַּ֣עַל | wăyyāʿal} ‘he went up’, marking narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
ע־ל
“upon, on”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:46
Then Saul withdrew from following the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:46:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:46, 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 Sam.14.46.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.46.W1.S1) and character.