1 Kings 15:20:91 Kgs.15.20.W9TAB
עַל־עָרֵ֣י
alare
“against cities of”
- Transliteration
- al-a-RE
- Extended
- ahl-ah-REE
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕaːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against cities of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-a-RE
- phraseyour reading level
al-a-RE yis-ra-EL
- clause
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
- 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 prepositional phrase al-arei-yisrael {עַל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ʿal-ʿārê-yiśrā’ēl} ‘against the cities of Israel’ indicates the target.
In context — 1 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 15:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 15:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־עָרֵ֣י (alare) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.20.W9.S1) and character.