2 Chronicles 16:1:62 Chr.16.1.W6TAB
עָלָ֞ה
ala
“went up”
- Transliteration
- a-LA
- Extended
- aa-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LA
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA le-vil-TI TET yo-TSE va-VA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The main storyline then reports Baasha’s action with alah {עָלָ֞ה | ʿālâ} ‘went up’, a common military movement verb that frames the approach as an incursion, and continues with the waw-consecutive vayiven {וַיִּ֖בֶן | wayyiben} ‘and he built’, presenting the fortification as the next consequential step.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:1
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign , Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah , so that he would not permit anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 16:1, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֞ה (ala) 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 2 Chr.16.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.1.W6.S1) and character.