2 Kings 17:5:42 Kgs.17.5.W4TAB
וַיַּ֙עַל֙
vayaal
“and he went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YA-ah-l
- IPA
- /vajˈja.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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
- clause
va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
- sentence
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-KHOL-ha-A-rets va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive prefix to sequence military actions, beginning with vayya‘al {וַיַּ֥עַל | way-ya-ʿal} ‘and he went up’.
In context — 2 Kings 17:5
And the king of Assyria advanced throughout the land , and he went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (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.17.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.5.W4.S1) and character.