Genesis 35:13:1Gen.35.13.W1TAB
וַיַּ֥עַל
vayaal
“went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AL
- Extended
- vah-yah-AHL
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 me-a-LAV
- clause
va-ya-AL me-a-LAV e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-AL me-a-LAV e-lo-HIM bam-ma-KOM a-sher-di-BER it-TO
Exegesis
The verse is a single narrative sentence built around the main verbal clause vayyaal {וַיַּעַל | way-yaʿal} “and He went up,” where the vav consecutive continues the preceding storyline.
In context — Genesis 35:13
And God went up from him at the place where He had spoken with him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 35:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 35:13, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥עַל (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.35.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.13.W1.S1) and character.