Joshua 15:8:10Josh.15.8.W10TAB
וְעָלָ֨ה
veala
“and the boundary went up”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-LA
- Extended
- veh-aa-LAA
- IPA
- /vəʕaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the boundary went 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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Word in context
- word
ve-a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI gei-hin-NOM ya-MAH a-SHER bik-TSEH E-mek-re-fa-IM tsa-FO-na
- sentence
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL GEI ven-hin-NOM el-KE-tef hai-vu-SI mi-NE-gev HI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-a-LA hag-VOOL el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI gei-hin-NOM ya-MAH a-SHER bik-TSEH E-mek-re-fa-IM tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The narration is driven by successive vav-consecutive verbs wa-‘ālāh {וְעָלָה | wə-ʿā-lāh} ‘and it went up,’ each marking a directional shift.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–he
“to ascend”
In context — Joshua 15:8
And the boundary rose through the Valley of Ben-Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite , at the southern edge marking Jerusalem, and then ascended to the top of the hill before the Valley of Hinnom, westward, ending at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 15:8, so the Hebrew word וְעָלָ֨ה (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.15.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.8.W10.S1) and character.