Numbers 13:17:9Num.13.17.W9TAB
עֲל֥וּ
alu
“go up”
- Transliteration
- a-LU
- Extended
- ah-LOO
- IPA
- /ʕăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- go up
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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
- phraseyour reading level
a-LU ZEH
- clause
va-yo-MER a-le-HEM a-LU ZEH ba-NE-gev va-a-li-TEM ET-ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an va-yo-MER a-le-HEM a-LU ZEH ba-NE-gev va-a-li-TEM ET-ha-HAR
Exegesis
Two paired imperatives alu {עֲל֥וּ | ʿă-lû} and vaalitem {וַעֲלִיתֶם | way-ʿă-lî-tem} coordinate sequential commands: first to go up “in the Negev” and then “into the hill country”, delineating a two-stage reconnaissance plan. This parallel imperative structure underscores the systematic nature of the mission.
In context — Numbers 13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up here through the Negev and go up into the hill country.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 13:17, so the Hebrew word עֲל֥וּ (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 Num.13.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.17.W9.S1) and character.