2 Kings 23:2:12 Kgs.23.2.W1TAB
וַיַּ֣עַל
vayaal
“and he went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YA-ahl
- IPA
- /vajˈjaʕal/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL
- sentence
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL va-yik-RA be-oz-ne-HEM et-KHOL-div-RE SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-nim-TSA be-VET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
This narrative clause begins with the vav-consecutive wayya‘al {וַיַּ֣עַל | wayya‘al} ‘and he went up,’ establishing sequential royal action.
In context — 2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of the LORD , and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read in their hearing all the words of the covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 23:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣עַל (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.23.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.2.W1.S1) and character.