Numbers 14:40:7Num.14.40.W7TAB
וְעָלִ֛ינוּ
vealeenu
“and we will go up”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-LEE-nu
- Extended
- veh-ah-LEE-noo
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈlinu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we will go up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-LEE-nu
- clause
hi-NE-nu ve-a-LEE-nu el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH kee kha-ta-NU
- 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
Hinnēnnû {הִנֶּ֗נּוּ | hinnēnnû} ‘here we are’ expresses readiness, immediately followed by wəʿālinû {וְעָלִ֛ינוּ | wəʿālinû} ‘and we will go up,’ indicating intended future 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 14:40:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:40, so the Hebrew word וְעָלִ֛ינוּ (vealeenu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.40.W7.S1) and character.