1 Kings 13:2:211 Kgs.13.2.W21TAB
עָלֶ֔יךָ
alekha
“on you”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-kha
- Extended
- aa-LEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlɛː.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ha-mak-ti-RIM a-LE-kha
- clause
hin-NE-BEN no-LAD le-VET-da-VID yo-shi-YA-hu she-MO ve-za-VAKH a-LE-kha et-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT ha-mak-ti-RIM a-LE-kha ve-ats-MOT a-DAM yis-re-FU a-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yik-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER miz-BE-akh miz-BE-akh KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-BEN no-LAD le-VET-da-VID yo-shi-YA-hu she-MO ve-za-VAKH a-LE-kha et-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT ha-mak-ti-RIM a-LE-kha ve-ats-MOT a-DAM yis-re-FU a-LE-kha
In context — 1 Kings 13:2
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD , and said, “Altar, altar, thus says the LORD: A son will be born to the house of David—Josiah by name—and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:2:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Kings 13:2, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֔יךָ (alekha) 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 Kgs.13.2.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.2.W21.S1) and character.