עַ֚ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַ֚ל

   AL

   to or upon
2. clause🔊 וְהָיָ֞ה אֲנִ֣י אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵאִתָּ֗ךְ וְר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֤ה יִֽשָּׂאֲךָ֙ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־אֵדָ֔ע וּבָ֨אתִי לְהַגִּ֧יד לְאַחְאָ֛ב וְלֹ֥א יִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖ וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי

   ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni

   and it will be I I will go from with you or from you and the spirit of the LORD will carry you to or upon which or where I do not know and I will come to tell to Ahab and not he will find you and he will kill me
3. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֞ה אֲנִ֣י אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵאִתָּ֗ךְ וְר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֤ה יִֽשָּׂאֲךָ֙ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־אֵדָ֔ע וּבָ֨אתִי לְהַגִּ֧יד לְאַחְאָ֛ב וְלֹ֥א יִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖ וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽי׃

   ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI

   and it will be I I will go from with you or from you and the spirit of the LORD will carry you to or upon which or where I do not know and I will come to tell to Ahab and not he will find you and he will kill me and your servant fearing or afraid of the LORD from my youth

Exegesis

The relative clause ʿal ʼă-šer lō-ʾē-ḏāʿ {עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־אֵדָ֔ע | ʿal ʼă-šer lō-ʾē-ḏāʿ} ‘to a place that I do not know’ emphasizes an unknown destination. The narrative proceeds through a series of waw-consecutive verbs (u-vā-ʼaṯî, lə-haggîd, wə-lō yim-ṣā-ʾăkha, va-harā-gā-nî) outlining sequential possibilities.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ב־ע־לBet-Ayin-Lamed

“lord, master”

• 🔊 בְּעֻלָּהbeʿullâmarried womanIsaiah 62:4