Numbers 16:27:1Num.16.27.W1TAB
וַיִּעָלוּ
vayialu
“so they went up”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-yi-aa-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.ʕaˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- so they went up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-a-LU
- sentence
va-yi-a-LU me-AL mish-KAN-KO-reakh da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM mi-sa-VIV ve-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM yats-U ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh a-ho-le-HEM u-ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM ve-ta-PAM
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is marked by the vav-consecutive in vayye‘alu {וַיֵּעָלוּ | wayyē‘ālû} ‘they ascended,’ which establishes past action.
Root and etymology
‛-y-layin-yod-lamed
“to ascend”
In context — Numbers 16:27
So they withdrew from around the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram went out and stood at the entrance of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּעָלוּ (vayialu) 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.16.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.27.W1.S1) and character.