Judges 20:28:18Judg.20.28.W18TAB
עֲל֔וּ
alu
“go up”
- Transliteration
- a-LU
- Extended
- ah-LOO
- IPA
- /ʕăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- go up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-LU
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH a-LU KI ma-KHAR et-te-NE-nu be-ya-DE-kha
- sentence
u-fi-ne-KHAS ben-e-le-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON o-MED le-fa-NAV ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM le-MOR ha-o-SIF OD la-TSET la-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE-VIN-ya-min a-KHI im-ekh-DAL va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH a-LU KI ma-KHAR et-te-NE-nu be-ya-DE-kha
Exegesis
God’s reply uses the imperative alu {עֲלוּ | ʿalû} ‘go up’ followed by a causal clause ki machar ettenenu beyadecha {כִּי מָחָר אֶתְּנֶנּוּ בְיָדֶךָ | kî mā-ḥār ʾet-tennê-nû bə-yā-ḏê-kā} ‘for tomorrow I will give him into your hand’, linking promise and time. English reorders and smooths infinitive and participle sequences to preserve the Hebrew’s deliberative tone and covenant relationship.
Root and etymology
ע-ל-הayin–lamed–heh
“to ascend”
In context — Judges 20:28
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aharon, stood before the LORD in those days, saying, “Shall I go out again to battle the sons of Benjamin, my brother , or shall I cease?” And the LORD said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:28:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 20:28, so the Hebrew word עֲל֔וּ (alu) 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.20.28.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.28.W18.S1) and character.