1 Chronicles 17:7:161 Chr.17.7.W16TAB

עַ֖ל

al

over

Transliteration
AL
Extended
AHL
IPA
/naːˈɡiːd/

Meaning by language

English
over

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    AL

  2. clause

    lih-ye-OT na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    ve-a-TA ko-TO-mar le-av-DI le-da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-NI le-kakh-TI-kha min-ha-NA-ve min-a-kha-RE ha-TSON lih-ye-OT na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

Finally, ʿal ʿam-mî yiś-rā·ʼēl {עַ֖ל עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʿal ʿam-mî yiś-rā·ʼēl} ‘over My people Israel’ places the appointed leader in authority. The Hebrew repetition of kōh and the double min-min structure add rhetorical force, preserved in English through parallel phrasing.

Root and etymology

‘-l-hayin–lamed–he

to bring up, ascend

In context1 Chronicles 17:7

And now thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts : I took you from the pasture , from following the flock, to be ruler over My people Israel.’

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 17:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Chronicles 17:7, so the Hebrew word עַ֖ל (al) 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.17.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.7.W16.S1) and character.