Genesis 19:30:1Gen.19.30.W1TAB
וַיַּעַל֩
vayaal
“went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AL
- Extended
- vah-yah-AHL
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈʕal/
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 LOT mits-TSO-ar
- clause
va-ya-AL LOT mits-TSO-ar va-YE-shev ba-HAR ush-TEI ve-no-TAV im-MO KI ya-RE la-SHE-vet be-TSO-ar
- sentence
va-ya-AL LOT mits-TSO-ar va-YE-shev ba-HAR ush-TEI ve-no-TAV im-MO KI ya-RE la-SHE-vet be-TSO-ar va-YE-shev bam-me-a-RA HU ush-TEI ve-no-TAV
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through a chain of wayyiqtol verbs: vayaal {וַיַּעַל | way-yaʿal} ‘and he went up’ marks movement from Zoar (mitsoar {מִצּוֹעַר | mits-sō-ʿar}) to higher ground (bahar {בָּהָר | bā-hār}), followed by vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yē-šeḇ} ‘and he settled.’
In context — Genesis 19:30
Lot went up from Zoar and settled in the mountain, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar, so he lived in the cave , he and his two daughters.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:30, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַל֩ (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 Gen.19.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.30.W1.S1) and character.