Joshua 19:11:1Josh.19.11.W1TAB
וְעָלָ֨ה
veala
“and went up”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-LA
- Extended
- veh-aa-LAA
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and went 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 ge-vu-LAM lai-YA-mah
- clause
ve-a-LA ge-vu-LAM lai-YA-mah u-mar-a-LAH u-fa-GA be-da-BA-shet
- sentence
ve-a-LA ge-vu-LAM lai-YA-mah u-mar-a-LAH u-fa-GA be-da-BA-shet u-fa-GA el-ha-NA-khal a-SHER al-pe-NEI yak-ne-AM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vealah {וְעָלָ֨ה | wə-ʿā-lāh} ‘and went up’ marking sequential action in boundary narration.
In context — Joshua 19:11
And their border went up to the sea and to Maralah , and it touched Dabbesheth, and it reached the brook that is before Jokneam.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:11, 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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.11.W1.S1) and character.