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

Result
וְ + נַ + עֲ + לֶ֖ה
ve + na + a + le
venaale

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-na-a-LE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-na-KU-ma ve-na-a-LE

  3. clause

    ve-na-KU-ma ve-na-a-LE beit-EL

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.