Numbers 22:41:6Num.22.41.W6TAB
וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ
vayaalehu
“and he brought him up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-LE-hu
- Extended
- vah-ya-ah-LEH-hu
- IPA
- /vajja.ʕaˈleːhu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he brought him 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-LE-hu
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-yi-KAKH ba-LAK ET-bil-AM va-ya-a-LE-hu ba-MOT BA-al
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-yi-KAKH ba-LAK ET-bil-AM va-ya-a-LE-hu ba-MOT BA-al va-YAR mi-SHAM ke-TSEH ha-AM
Exegesis
A coordinated action sequence with vayyiqqaḥ {וַיִּקַּ֤ח | vayyiqqaḥ} ‘and he took’ and vayya‘ălêhû {וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ | vayya‘ălêhû} ‘and he brought him up’ depicts Balak’s initiative.
In context — Numbers 22:41
And it happened in the morning that Balak took Bilaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; and from there he saw the edge of the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:41:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:41, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ (vayaalehu) 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.22.41.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.41.W6.S1) and character.