וָמַ֔עְלָה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָמַ֔עְלָה

   va-MA-la

   and upward
2. clause🔊 וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם לְמִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗ם שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף בָּחוּר֙ יוֹצֵ֣א צָבָ֔א אֹחֵ֖ז רֹ֥מַח וְצִנָּֽה׃

   va-yif-ke-DEM le-mi-BEN e-she-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la va-yim-tsa-EM she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR yo-TSE tsa-VA o-KHEZ RO-makh ve-tsi-NA

   and he mustered them from a son of twenty year and upward and he found them three hundred thousand choice young man going out army or host holding spear and shield
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣ם לְבֵית־אָב֗וֹת לְשָׂרֵ֤י הָאֲלָפִים֙ וּלְשָׂרֵ֣י הַמֵּא֔וֹת לְכָל־יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם לְמִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗ם שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף בָּחוּר֙ יוֹצֵ֣א צָבָ֔א אֹחֵ֖ז רֹ֥מַח וְצִנָּֽה׃

   va-yik-BOTS a-mats-YA-hu et-ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-mi-DEM le-VET-a-VOT le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM u-le-sa-RE ha-me-OT le-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN va-yif-ke-DEM le-mi-BEN e-she-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la va-yim-tsa-EM she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR yo-TSE tsa-VA o-KHEZ RO-makh ve-tsi-NA

   and he gathered Amaziah {direct object marker} Judah and he set them by house of fathers to commanders of the thousands and to commanders of the hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin and he mustered them from a son of twenty year and upward and he found them three hundred thousand choice young man going out army or host holding spear and shield

Exegesis

The Qal imperfect vayyipqēḏēm {וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם | vayyipqēḏēm} ‘and he mustered them’ is followed by the temporal expression lə-miḇben ’eśrîm šā-nāh wā-ma‘ālāh {לְמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה | lə-miḇben ’eśrîm šā-nāh wā-ma‘ālāh} ‘from twenty years old and upward’, defining the age criteria.