נַעֲלֶ֖ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נַעֲלֶ֖ה

   na-le

   we will go up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א נַעֲלֶ֖ה

   ve-LO na-le

   and not we will go up
3. clause🔊 וְעָמַ֣דְנוּ תַחְתֵּ֔ינוּ וְלֹ֥א נַעֲלֶ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

   ve-a-MAD-nu takh-TE-nu ve-LO na-le a-LE-hem

   then we will stand in our place below and not we will go up to them
4. sentence🔊 אִם־כֹּ֤ה יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ אֵלֵ֔ינוּ דֹּ֕מּוּ עַד־הַגִּיעֵ֖נוּ אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְעָמַ֣דְנוּ תַחְתֵּ֔ינוּ וְלֹ֥א נַעֲלֶ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

   im-KO yo-me-RU e-LE-nu DO-mu ad-ha-gi-E-nu a-LE-khem ve-a-MAD-nu takh-TE-nu ve-LO na-le a-LE-hem

   if thus they say to us be still until our reaching to you then we will stand in our place below and not we will go up to them

Exegesis

The final clause ve-lo naʿălēh ʾălêhem {וְלֹ֥א נַעֲלֶ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם | wə-lōʾ naʿălēh ʾălêhem} employs the negative particle lōʾ with an imperfect verb to express prohibition (‘and we do not ascend to them’). The English rendering preserves the conditional structure, direct speech, and resultant action pattern of the Hebrew.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ע־ל־הʿ-l-h

“to ascend”

• 🔊 עֲלִיָּהʿălîyahascentEzra 7:9