Joshua 15:6:7Josh.15.6.W7TAB
וְעָלָ֣ה
veala
“and the boundary goes up”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-LA
- Extended
- veh-aa-LAA
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the boundary goes up
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-LA hag-GEV-ul
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-GEV-ul E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN
- sentence
ve-a-LA hag-GE-vul BEIT khag-LA ve-a-VAR mitst-PHON le-VEIT ha-a-ra-VA ve-a-LA hag-GEV-ul E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN
Exegesis
This verse follows a methodical geographic description, with alternating vav-consecutive verbs marking movement (veʿalah {וְעָלָ֤ה | wə‘ālâh} ‘and it went up’; veʿavar {וְעָבַ֕ר | wə‘āvar} ‘and it passed over’).
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–he
“to ascend”
In context — Joshua 15:6
And the boundary ascended to Beth-Hoglah and traversed from the north to Beth-ha-Arabah; then the boundary ascended to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:6, so the Hebrew word וְעָלָ֣ה (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.15.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.6.W7.S1) and character.