Judges 20:18:10Judg.20.18.W10TAB
יַעֲלֶה־לָּ֣נוּ
yaalelanu
“shall go up for us”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-LE-la-NU
- Extended
- yah-ah-LEH-laa-NOO
- IPA
- /ja.ʕăˈleːl.laːˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall go up for us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-LE-la-NU
- phraseyour reading level
ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH ye-hu-DA ba-te-khi-LA
Exegesis
The interrogative mî {מִי | mî} ‘who’ frames the direct question, modified by the imperfect ya‘ăle-lānû {יַעֲלֶה־לָנוּ | ya‘ăle-lānû} ‘will go up for us’ and the priority phrase baṯ-tᵊḥillāh {בַּתְּחִלָּה | baṯ-tᵊḥillāh} ‘first’.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-l-h
“to go up”
In context — Judges 20:18
And they rose and went up to Bethel, and they asked of God . The sons of Israel said, “Who shall go up first for us in battle against the sons of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up first.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:18, so the Hebrew word יַעֲלֶה־לָּ֣נוּ (yaalelanu) 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.20.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.18.W10.S1) and character.