2 Samuel 18:33:32 Sam.18.33.W3TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:1
וַיַּ֛עַל
vayaal
“and he went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YAH-ahl
- IPA
- /vajˈʕal/
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
- sentence
va-yir-GAZ ha-ME-lekh va-YA-al al-a-li-YAT ha-sha-AR va-YEV-kekh u-ve-KHO a-MAR be-NI av-sha-LOM be-NI be-NI av-sha-LOM mi-yit-TEN mu-TI a-NI takh-te-KHA av-sha-LOM be-NI be-NI
Exegesis
The paired verbs vay‘al {וַיַּעַל | va-ya-‘al} ‘and he went up’ and vayevḳ {וַיֵּבְךְּ | va-yev-ḳ} ‘and he wept’ portray escalating physical movement into emotional expression.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was shaken and went up to the upper room over the gate and wept ; and as he was going, he said, “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—Absalom, my son, my son!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:33, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֛עַל (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.18.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.33.W3.S1) and character.