2 Samuel 15:24:122 Sam.15.24.W12TAB
וַיַּ֖עַל
vayaal
“and he went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AL
- Extended
- vah-yah-AHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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
- clause
ve-hin-NE gam-tsa-DOK ve-khol-hal-ve-yi-IM i-TO no-se-IM et-a-RON be-RIT ha-e-lo-HIM va-yats-tsi-KU et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-AL ev-ya-TAR
- sentence
ve-hin-NE gam-tsa-DOK ve-khol-hal-ve-yi-IM i-TO no-se-IM et-a-RON be-RIT ha-e-lo-HIM va-yats-tsi-KU et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-AL ev-ya-TAR ad-TOM khol-ha-AM la-a-VOR min-ha-IR
Exegesis
The sequence moves to vayya’al {וַיַּ֖עַל | way-yaˁal}, marking Abiathar’s ascent.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:24
And behold, Zadok also, and all the Levites who were with him, were carrying the ark of the covenant of God . They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing from the city .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 15:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֖עַל (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 Sam.15.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.24.W12.S1) and character.