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
| 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
AL
- clause
lih-ye-OT na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
- 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 context — 1 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.