1 Kings 14:7:151 Kgs.14.7.W15TAB
עַ֖ל
al
“over”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
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
va-e-TE-ne-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
le-KHI im-RI le-ya-rav-AM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HI yis-ra-EL YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha mi-TOKH ha-AM va-e-TE-ne-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mitokh ha-am {מִתּ֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם | mit-tôḵ hā-‛ām} ‘from the midst of the people’ specifies origin, and the vav-consecutive va-etenkha {וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ | wā-ʾet-te-n-ḵā} ‘and I gave you’ introduces the grant of authority, encapsulated by nagid {נָגִ֔יד | nā-ḡîḏ} ‘leader’ and the possession phrase al ammi Yisrael {עַ֖ל עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʿal ‛am-mî yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘over My people Israel.’ English syntax preserves the Hebrew oracular sequence and causal nuance.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–lamed–heh
“to go up, ascend”
In context — 1 Kings 14:7
Go, say to Jeroboam, “Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : ‘Because I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 14:7, 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 Kgs.14.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.7.W15.S1) and character.