2 Chronicles 25:21:12 Chr.25.21.W1TAB
וַיַּ֨עַל
vayaal
“and went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YAH-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 yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YA-al yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YA-al yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive prefixed verb vayyaʿal {וַיַּ֨עַל | wayyaʿal} ‘and he went up’, marking sequential narrative action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:21
So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah confronted each other face to face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 25:21, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֨עַל (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 2 Chr.25.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.21.W1.S1) and character.