Judges 16:18:21Judg.16.18.W21TAB

וַיַּעֲל֥וּ

vayaalu

and they brought up

Transliteration
va-ya-a-LU
Extended
vah-yah-ah-LOO
IPA
/vaj.jaʕaˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
and they brought up

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ + עֲ + ל֥וּ
va + ya + a + lu
vayaalu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-a-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-a-LU ha-KE-sef

  3. clause

    ve-a-LU e-LE-ha sar-NE fe-lish-TIM va-ya-a-LU ha-KE-sef be-ya-DAM

  4. sentence

    va-te-RE de-li-LA ki-hi-GID LA et-kol-li-BO va-tish-LAKH va-tik-RA le-sar-NE fe-lish-TIM le-MOR a-LU ha-PA-am ki-hi-GID LA LI et-kol-li-BO ve-a-LU e-LE-ha sar-NE fe-lish-TIM va-ya-a-LU ha-KE-sef be-ya-DAM

Exegesis

The closing section employs ve-a-lu {וְעָל֤וּ | wə-ʿā-lû} and va-ya-a-lu {וַיַּעֲל֥וּ | va-ya-ʿa-lû} to narrate the commanders’ ascent and the bringing of ha-ke-sef {הַכֶּ֖סֶף | ha-ke-sef} ‘the silver’ in be-ya-dam {בְּיָדָֽם | bĕ-yā-dām}, highlighting the transactional outcome.

In contextJudges 16:18

And Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, and she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this time , for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines went up to her, and they brought the silver in their hand.

About this coordinate

Judges 16:18:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Judges 16:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲל֥וּ (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.16.18.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.18.W21.S1) and character.