וַ/יַּעֲל֤וּ

𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤅

vayaalu

and they went up

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

H5927

2 Chronicles 21:17 · Word #1

Lexicon H5927

Lemmaעָלָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤏𐤋𐤄
Transliterationʻâlâh
Strong'sH5927
In-contextand they went up

Morphology HC/Vqw3mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H5927-115

and they ascended

Morphological NotesVerb, Qal stem; waw-consecutive (wayyiqtol) imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural. The prefixed וַ plus doubled י marks the narrative past sequence, "and they…".
Rendering RationaleThe form is a waw-consecutive imperfect (wayyiqtol) in the Qal stem, 3rd person masculine plural, indicating a completed past narrative action: "and they ascended." The rendering preserves the core root idea of upward movement or elevation while accurately reflecting the masculine plural subject.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root עלה (to ascend, go up, rise, climb, come up, bring up, be elevated)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5927-01 aaleh I will cause to ascend
H5927-02 aalekha I will cause you to ascend
H5921-01 al upon (up-over)

Word Usage (894 occurrences of H5927)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:6 יַֽעֲלֶ֣ה yaaleh would well up/rise
Genesis 8:20 וַ/יַּ֥עַל vayaal and offered
Genesis 13:1 וַ/יַּעַל֩ vayaal went up