Numbers 14:40:3Num.14.40.W3TAB
וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ
vayaalu
“and went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-ya-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /vajjaʕaˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and went up
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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 el-ROSH-ha-HAR
- clause
va-yash-KEE-mu ba-BO-ker va-ya-a-LU el-ROSH-ha-HAR le-MOR
- sentence
va-yash-KEE-mu ba-BO-ker va-ya-a-LU el-ROSH-ha-HAR le-MOR hi-NE-nu ve-a-LEE-nu el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH kee kha-ta-NU
Exegesis
The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative sequence, beginning with vayyashkimu {וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ | wayyaššəqîmû} ‘and they rose early’ followed by vayalʿu {וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ | wayyaʿălû} ‘and they went up,’ marking successive action.
In context — Numbers 14:40
And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain to say, “Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the LORD has spoken about, for we have sinned .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:40, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ (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 Num.14.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.40.W3.S1) and character.