Exodus 19:18:11Exod.19.18.W11TAB
וַיַּ֤עַל
vayaal
“went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AL
- Extended
- vah-yah-AL
- IPA
- /waj.jaˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AL a-sha-NO
- clause
va-ya-AL a-sha-NO ke-E-shen ha-kiv-SHAN va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-HAR me-OD
- sentence
ve-HAR see-NAI a-SHAN kul-LO mip-NEI a-SHER ya-RAD a-LAV Ye-ho-VAH ba-ESH va-ya-AL a-sha-NO ke-E-shen ha-kiv-SHAN va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-HAR me-OD
Exegesis
The narrative shifts to upward motion with vayyaʿal {וַיַּעַל | way-yaʿ-al} ‘and went up’, whose subject ashano {עֲשָׁנוֹ | ʿă-šā-nô} ‘its smoke’ contrasts with the prior descent.
In context — Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was smoking everywhere because the LORD came down upon it in fire ; its smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled intensely.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 19:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤עַל (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 Exod.19.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.18.W11.S1) and character.