Numbers 33:38:1Num.33.38.W1TAB
וַיַּעַל֩
vayaal
“and Aaron went up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AL
- Extended
- vah-ya-AHL
- IPA
- /vajˈjaʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Aaron 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AL a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN
- clause
va-ya-AL a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN el-HOR ha-HAR al-PI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-MAT SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-AL a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN el-HOR ha-HAR al-PI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-MAT SHAM bish-NAT har-ba-IM le-TSET be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-retz mits-RA-yim ba-KHO-desh ha-cha-mi-SHI be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh
Exegesis
The narrative begins with wayya’al {וַיַּעַל֩ | wayya‘al} “and he went up,” a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect marking sequential action and foregrounding Aaron’s {’ăharōn | אַהֲרֹן} sacred ascent.
In context — Numbers 33:38
And Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the LORD , and he died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come out from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 33:38, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַל֩ (vayaal) 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.33.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.38.W1.S1) and character.