1 Chronicles 21:26:141 Chr.21.26.W14TAB
עַ֖ל
al
“upon”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon
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
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-NE-HU va-ESH min-ha-sha-MA-yim AL miz-BA-akh ha-o-LA
- sentence
va-yi-VEN SHAM da-VID miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AL o-LOT u-she-la-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-NE-HU va-ESH min-ha-sha-MA-yim AL miz-BA-akh ha-o-LA
Exegesis
The narrative uses the vav-consecutive sequence to advance the storyline: vayiven {וַיִּבֶן | va-yîbēn} ‘and he built’, vayaʿăl {וַיַּעַל | va-yaʿăl} ‘and he offered up’, vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | va-yik̆rāʾ} ‘and he called’, and vayaʿănēhu {וַיַּעֲנֵהוּ | va-yaʿănēhû} ‘and he answered him’.
The construct chain mizbach haʿolah {מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה | miẓbāḥ hā-ʿōlāh} ‘altar of burnt offering’ underscores the altar’s cultic purpose, while the phrase baʾēš min-ha-šāmayim {בָאֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם | bāʾēš min-ha-šāmayim} ‘with fire from the heavens’ signals divine acceptance.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hʿAyin–Lamed–Heh
“ascend; go up”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:26
And there David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called to the LORD, and He answered him with fire from the heavens upon the altar of burnt offering .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:26:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Chronicles 21:26, 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.21.26.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.26.W14.S1) and character.