1 Chronicles 15:20:101 Chr.15.20.W10TAB
עַל־עֲלָמֽוֹת׃
alalamot
“according to Alamoth”
- Transliteration
- al-a-la-MOT
- Extended
- ahl-ah-lah-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕă.laːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to Alamoth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-a-la-MOT
- clause
bin-ve-LIM al-a-la-MOT
- sentence
u-ze-khar-YA va-a-zi-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL ve-u-NI ve-e-li-AV u-ma-a-se-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu bin-ve-LIM al-a-la-MOT
Exegesis
The clause al-alamoth {עַל־עֲלָמֹת | ʿal-ʿă-lā-mōṯ} “on the alamoth register” combines the preposition al {עַל | ʿal} “on, according to” with alamoth {עֲלָמוֹת | ʿă-lā-mōṯ}, a technical term for a high-pitched or soprano musical style.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-m
“maidens, soprano voices”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:20
Zecharyah , Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah played the harps in the alamoth .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 15:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־עֲלָמֽוֹת׃ (alalamot) 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 1 Chr.15.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.20.W10.S1) and character.