Zechariah 14:16:6Zech.14.16.W6TAB

וְעָל֞וּ

vealu

and they shall go up

Transliteration
ve-a-LU
Extended
veh-aa-LOO
IPA
/vəʕɔːˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
and they shall go up

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Result
וְ + עָ + ל֞וּ
ve + a + lu
vealu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-LU

  2. clause

    ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA kol-ha-no-TAR mi-kol-ha-go-YIM ha-ba-IM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT

Exegesis

The coordinated verbs vealu lehishtachavot lemelekh {וְעָל֞וּ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְמֶלֶךְ | wə-ʿā-lū lə-hištāḥăvôt lə-me-lekh} ‘and they will go up to bow down to the King’ form a purpose clause.

In contextZechariah 14:16

And it will be that everyone who remains from all the nations that come against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to bow down before the King, the LORD of hosts , and to keep the feast of booths .

About this coordinate

Zechariah 14:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 14:16, so the Hebrew word וְעָל֞וּ (vealu) 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 Zech.14.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.16.W6.S1) and character.