עֲל֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֲל֣וּ

   a-LU

   go up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֲל֣וּ וְהַצְלִ֔יחוּ

   a-LU ve-hats-li-KHU

   go up and succeed
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ עֲל֣וּ וְהַצְלִ֔יחוּ וְיִנָּתְנ֖וּ בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃

   va-yo-MER a-LU ve-hats-li-KHU ve-yin-nat-NU be-yed-KHEM

   and he said go up and succeed and they will be given into your hand
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹא֮ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֵלָ֗יו מִיכָה֙ הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ אֶל־רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ עֲל֣וּ וְהַצְלִ֔יחוּ וְיִנָּתְנ֖וּ בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃

   va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LAV mi-KHA ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-ekh-DAL va-yo-MER a-LU ve-hats-li-KHU ve-yin-nat-NU be-yed-KHEM

   and he came to the king and he said the king to him Micaiah shall we go to Ramoth Gilead for the battle or shall I refrain and he said go up and succeed and they will be given into your hand

Exegesis

The imperatives ʿălū {עֲלוּ | ʿălū} ‘go up’ (Qal imperative) and vehaṣlīḥū {וְהַצְלִיחוּ | və-haṣ-lī-ḥū} ‘and succeed’ (Hiphil imperative) convey direct commands, while the nifal imperfect veyinnatnū {וְיִנָּתְנוּ | və-yin-nāṯ-nū} ‘and they will be given’ introduces a passive outcome.