Judges 15:9:1Judg.15.9.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲל֣וּ
vayaalu
“and they went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-ya-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went up
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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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-LU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-LU pe-li-SHIT-tim
- clause
va-ya-a-LU pe-li-SHIT-tim va-ya-kha-NU bi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU pe-li-SHIT-tim va-ya-kha-NU bi-ye-hu-DA va-yin-NAT-shu ba-LE-khi
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs: vaya'alu {וַיַּעֲל֣וּ | wayyǎ‘ălû} ‘and they went up’, vayachanu {וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ | wayyaḥănû} ‘and they encamped’, and vayinnatshu {וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ | wayyiṯnāṯśû} ‘and they spread out’.
In context — Judges 15:9
The Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and spread themselves out at Lehi .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (vayaalu) 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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.9.W1.S1) and character.