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

Result
וַֽ + יַּ + עֲ + לוּ֙
va + ya + a + lu
vayaalu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-a-LU

  2. clause

    va-ya-a-LU el-HOR ha-HAR le-ei-NEI kol-ha-ey-DAH

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.