עָלֵ֖הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָלֵ֖הוּ

   a-LE-hu

   its leaf
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ

   ve-ha-YA a-LE-hu

   and it will be its leaf
3. clause🔊 וְהָיָ֞ה כְּעֵ֣ץ שָׁת֣וּל עַל־מַ֗יִם וְעַל־יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א ירא יִרְאֶה֙ כִּֽי־יָ֣בֹא חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן

   ve-ha-YA ke-ETS sha-TUL al-MA-yim ve-al-yu-VAL ye-sha-LAKH sha-ra-SHAI-v ve-LO yra yir-E ki-ya-VO KHOM ve-ha-YA a-LE-hu ra-a-naN

   and he will be like a tree planted by waters and by a stream he sends out his roots and not he fears he will see or fear for when it comes heat and it will be its leaf green or luxuriant
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֞ה כְּעֵ֣ץ שָׁת֣וּל עַל־מַ֗יִם וְעַל־יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א ירא יִרְאֶה֙ כִּֽי־יָ֣בֹא חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי׃

   ve-ha-YA ke-ETS sha-TUL al-MA-yim ve-al-yu-VAL ye-sha-LAKH sha-ra-SHAI-v ve-LO yra yir-E ki-ya-VO KHOM ve-ha-YA a-LE-hu ra-a-naN u-vi-she-NAT ba-TSO-ret LO yid-AG ve-LO ya-MISH me-a-SOT pe-RI

   and he will be like a tree planted by waters and by a stream he sends out his roots and not he fears he will see or fear for when it comes heat and it will be its leaf green or luxuriant and in {the} year of drought not he will be anxious and not he will cease from doing fruit

Exegesis

The second vehayah clause marks resilience, with alehu ra‘anan {עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן | ʿā-lē-hū ra-ʿă-nān} ‘its leaf fresh’ highlighting vitality.

Root and etymology

ʿ-l-h🔊 ע־ל־הʿayin–lamed–heh

“to ascend”

• 🔊 עָלָהʿă-lāhhe went upGenesis 13:1