Judges 13:20:2Judg.13.20.W2TAB

בַעֲל֨וֹת

vaalot

when going up

Transliteration
va-a-LOT
Extended
vah-ah-LOHT
IPA
/vaʕăˈloːt/

Meaning by language

English
when going up

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַ + עֲ + ל֨וֹת
va + a + lot
vaalot

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-LOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI va-a-LOT ha-la-HAV

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI va-a-LOT ha-la-HAV me-AL ha-miz-BE-akh ha-sha-MAI-ma va-ya-AL mal-E-akh-ye-ho-VAH be-la-HAV ha-miz-BE-akh

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI va-a-LOT ha-la-HAV me-AL ha-miz-BE-akh ha-sha-MAI-ma va-ya-AL mal-E-akh-ye-ho-VAH be-la-HAV ha-miz-BE-akh u-ma-NO-akh ve-ish-TO ro-IM va-yip-e-LU al-pe-NE-hem AR-tse-a

Exegesis

The infinitive construct baʿălōṯ hallāḥav mēʿāl hammîzbēaḥ haššāmāymāh {בַעֲלוֹת הַלַּהַב מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַשָּׁמַיְמָה | baʿălōṯ hallāḥav mēʿāl hammîzbēaḥ haššāmāymāh} functions as a temporal-causal clause “as the flame ascended from the altar toward heaven.”

In contextJudges 13:20

When the flame ascended from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended within the altar’s flame. Manoah and his wife watched, and they fell on their faces to the ground.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 13:20, so the Hebrew word בַעֲל֨וֹת (vaalot) 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 Judg.13.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.20.W2.S1) and character.