2 Samuel 15:30:192 Sam.15.30.W19TAB
עָלֹ֖ה
alo
“going up”
- Transliteration
- a-LO
- Extended
- aa-LOH
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- going up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-A-LU a-LO
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO kha-FU ISH ro-SHO ve-A-LU a-LO u-va-KHO
- sentence
ve-da-VID O-le ve-ma-a-LE ha-ze-TIM o-LE u-vo-KHE ve-ROSH LO kha-FUI ve-HU ho-LEKH ya-KHEF ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO kha-FU ISH ro-SHO ve-A-LU a-LO u-va-KHO
Exegesis
The participle ‘ō-lēh {עֹלֶה | ‘ō-lēh} ‘ascending’ establishes continuous movement, while bə-ma‘ă-lêh {בְּמַעֲלֵה | bə-ma‘ă-lêh} ‘on the ascent’ locates it.
The infinitives ‘ā-lōh {עָלֹה | ‘ā-lōh} and ū-ḇā-kô {וּבָכֹה | ū-ḇā-kô} mark the procession-like ascent.
Root and etymology
‘-l-hʿ-l-h
“to go up, ascend”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:30
And David ascended the slope of the Olives, ascending and weeping , with his head covered. He walked barefoot, and all the people who were with him each covered his own head, and they went up, ascending and weeping.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:30:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 15:30, so the Hebrew word עָלֹ֖ה (alo) 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.15.30.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.30.W19.S1) and character.