Numbers 20:27:6Num.20.27.W6TAB
וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙
vayaalu
“and they went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-ya-a-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕaˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-LU
- clause
va-ya-a-LU el-HOR ha-HAR le-ei-NEI kol-ha-ey-DAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ka-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-LU el-HOR ha-HAR le-ei-NEI kol-ha-ey-DAH
Exegesis
The plural waya'alu {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayyaʿălû} “and they went up” shifts focus to the group ascending to Mount Hor.
In context — Numbers 20:27
And Moses did as the LORD commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 20:27, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (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.20.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.27.W6.S1) and character.