Judges 20:23:1Judg.20.23.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲל֣וּ
vayaalu
“and they went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-A-lu
- Extended
- vah-yah-AH-loo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH a-LU e-LAV
Exegesis
The narrative uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs: vaya‘alu {וַיַּעֲל֣וּ | wayya‘alû} ‘and they went up’ and wayyivkû {וַיִּבְכּ֣וּ | wayyivkû} ‘and they wept’, framing Israel’s penitence.
In context — Judges 20:23
And the sons of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until the evening; and they inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I continue to go up to battle against the sons of Benjamin, my brother ?” And the LORD said, “Go up against him.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:23, 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.20.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.23.W1.S1) and character.