1 Kings 15:20:191 Kgs.15.20.W19TAB

עַ֖ל

al

with

Transliteration
AL
Extended
AHL
IPA
/ʕal/

Meaning by language

English
with

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

    ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI

  3. sentence

    va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo al-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI

Exegesis

The phrase al-kol-erets-naphtali {עַ֖ל כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ נַפְתָּלִֽי | ʿal-kāl-ʾereṣ-nap̄tālî} ‘throughout the land of Naphtali’ defines the full scope of the campaign. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs underscores the swift and comprehensive nature of the assault.

Root and etymology

consonantsAyin-Lamed-Heh

go up, ascend

In context1 Kings 15:20

Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent his commanders against the cities of Israel; they struck Iyon, Dan, Abel Beth-Maacah, and all Kinnereth , throughout the land of Naphtali.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:20:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 15:20, 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.15.20.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.20.W19.S1) and character.