Joshua 15:3:7Josh.15.3.W7TAB
וְעָלָ֥ה
veala
“and goes up”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-LA
- Extended
- veh-ah-LAH
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and goes 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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-LA mi-NE-gev
- clause
ve-ya-TSA el-mi-NE-gev le-ma-a-LE ak-ra-BIM ve-a-VAR tsi-NA ve-a-LA mi-NE-gev le-ka-DESH bar-NE-a
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA el-mi-NE-gev le-ma-a-LE ak-ra-BIM ve-a-VAR tsi-NA ve-a-LA mi-NE-gev le-ka-DESH bar-NE-a ve-a-VAR khet-TSRON ve-a-LA ad-DA-ra ve-na-SAV ha-kar-KA-ah
Exegesis
Subsequent wayyiqtol forms veavar {וְעָבַר | wə-ʿā-var}, vealah {וְעָלָה | wə-ʿā-lā}, and wenasav {وְנָסַב | wə-nā-sāv} maintain the chronological progression, each governing a place name as its object.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–he
“to ascend”
In context — Joshua 15:3
And it went out to the south to the ascent of Akrabbim , passed over to Zin, and went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea; then it passed over to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:3, so the Hebrew word וְעָלָ֥ה (veala) 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 Josh.15.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.3.W7.S1) and character.