Joshua 18:11:1Josh.18.11.W1TAB
וַיַּ֗עַל
vayaal
“then went up”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YA-aal
- IPA
- /vajˈjaʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- then went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-al
- clause
va-YA-al go-RAL ma-TEH ve-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
va-YA-al go-RAL ma-TEH ve-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-TSE ge-VUL go-ra-LAM BEIN be-NEI ye-hu-DAH u-VEIN be-NEI yo-SEF
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vaya’al {וַיַּ֗עַל | way-ya-ʿal} ‘and it went up,’ a vav-consecutive form that propels the account of land distribution.
In context — Joshua 18:11
And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families , and the border of their allotted share came out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:11, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֗עַל (vayaal) 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.18.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.11.W1.S1) and character.