2 Chronicles 18:5:152 Chr.18.5.W15TAB
עֲלֵ֔ה
ale
“go up”
- Transliteration
- a-LE
- Extended
- ah-LEE
- IPA
- /ʕăˈleː/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RU a-LE
- clause
va-yom-RU a-LE ve-yit-TEN ha-e-lo-HIM be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ne-vi-IM ar-BA me-OT ISH va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-ekh-DAL va-yom-RU a-LE ve-yit-TEN ha-e-lo-HIM be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
In their response, the imperative ale {עֲלֵה | ʿălē} ‘go up’ is followed by veyitten {וְיִתֵּן | wəyittēn} ‘and he will give’ with haelohim {הָאֱלֹהִים | hāʼĕlōhîm} as the subject.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-l-h
“to go up, ascend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:5
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets—four hundred men—and asked them, “Is it right for us to go to war at Ramoth Gilead, or should I refrain?” They answered, “Go up, and God will hand it over to the king’s authority .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵ֔ה (ale) 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.18.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.5.W15.S1) and character.