1 Kings 16:8:111 Kgs.16.8.W11TAB
עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
alyisrael
“over Israel”
- Transliteration
- al-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- ahl-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʕal.jisraːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- over Israel
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
e-LA ben-ba-SHA al-yis-ra-EL
- clause
MA-lakh e-LA ben-ba-SHA al-yis-ra-EL be-tir-TSA she-na-TA-yim
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHESH sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh e-LA ben-ba-SHA al-yis-ra-EL be-tir-TSA she-na-TA-yim
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb malakh {מָ֠לַךְ | mā-laḵ} conveys accession, and the prepositional phrase al-yisrael {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | ʿal-Yis-rā-ʾēl} indicates the scope of rule.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:8
In Asa king of Judah’s twenty-sixth year , Elah son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and he ruled two years .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (alyisrael) 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.16.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.8.W11.S1) and character.