Exodus 19:23:6Exod.19.23.W6TAB

לַעֲלֹ֖ת

laalot

to go up

Transliteration
la-a-LOT
Extended
lah-ah-LOHT
IPA
/laʕaˈloːt/

Meaning by language

English
to go up

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Result
לַ + עֲ + לֹ֖ת
la + a + lot
laalot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-a-LOT

  2. clause

    vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI

  3. sentence

    vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to

Exegesis

The particle lo {לֹא־ | lōʾ} precedes the imperfect verb yukhal {יוּכַל | yûḵal} to express inability, with haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ as subject and the infinitive laalot {לַעֲלֹת | la-ʿă-lōṯ} as its complement, forming “the people are not able to ascend.”

In contextExodus 19:23

Moses said to the LORD , “The people cannot ascend Mount Sinai, because You warned us, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

About this coordinate

Exodus 19:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 19:23, so the Hebrew word לַעֲלֹ֖ת (laalot) 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.19.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.23.W6.S1) and character.