Genesis 35:3:2Gen.35.3.W2TAB
וְנַעֲלֶ֖ה
venaale
“let us go up”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-a-LE
- Extended
- veh-nah-ah-LEH
- IPA
- /wə.na.ʕă.ˈlɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- let us go up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-a-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-KU-ma ve-na-a-LE
- clause
ve-na-KU-ma ve-na-a-LE beit-EL
- sentence
ve-na-KU-ma ve-na-a-LE beit-EL ve-e-e-se-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-EL ha-o-NE o-TI be-YOM tsa-ra-TI va-ye-HI im-ma-DI ba-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-lakh-TI
Exegesis
The verse opens with two cohortatives, venakumah {וְנָק֥וּמָה | wənāqûmāh} “and let us arise” and venaaleh {וְנַעֲלֶ֖ה | wənaʿăleh} “and let us go up,” forming an exhortation that draws the whole household into Jacob’s decision.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–heh
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Genesis 35:3
And let us arise and go up to Bethel , and there I will build an altar to God , who answered me in the day of my distress, and who has been with me on the way that I have walked.
About this coordinate
Genesis 35:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 35:3, so the Hebrew word וְנַעֲלֶ֖ה (venaale) 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.35.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.3.W2.S1) and character.