2 Kings 14:11:32 Kgs.14.11.W3TAB
וַיַּ֨עַל
vayaal
“and went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YAH-ahl
- IPA
- /wajˈja.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-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
This is followed by the vav-consecutive way-yaʿal {וַיַּעַל | wa-ya-ʿal} ‘and he went up,’ introducing Jehoash’s advance.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–he
“to ascend; go up”
In context — 2 Kings 14:11
Yet Amaziah did not listen , so Jehoash, king of Israel, ascended, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, confronted each other at Beth-Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 14:11, 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 Kgs.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.11.W3.S1) and character.