Judges 20:40:11Judg.20.40.W11TAB
עָלָ֥ה
ala
“went up”
- Transliteration
- a-LA
- Extended
- aa-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕɔːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went up
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR
- clause
va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
- sentence
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-hin-nēh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the climactic revelation, and the clause ʿā-lāh kə-lîl-hā-ʿîr ha-šā-mā-y-ma(h) {עָלָה כְּלִיל־הָעִיר הַשָּׁמָיְמָה | ʿā-lāh kə-lîl-hā-ʿîr ha-šā-mā-y-ma(h)} ‘the whole city ascended skyward’ combines the directional he to convey upward movement with the construct chain to emphasize totality. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs preserves the rapid pacing of the narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-l-h
“to go up”
In context — Judges 20:40
And the signal began to ascend from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turned back, and behold, the whole city went up toward the heavens .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:40:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:40, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֥ה (ala) 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.20.40.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.40.W11.S1) and character.