1 Kings 20:12:141 Kgs.20.12.W14TAB
עַל־הָעִֽיר׃
alhair
“against the city”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-IR
- Extended
- ahl-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʕal.haˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the city
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-IR
- clause
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAV SI-mu va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-IR
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-HU sho-TE HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM bas-su-KOT va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAV SI-mu va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-IR
Exegesis
The dialogue marker vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’ introduces the imperative simu {שִׂימוּ | sǝ̄·mū} ‘set/prepare’, and the following vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ | way·yā·sǝ̄·mū} ‘and they set’ completes the command against alha’ir {עַל־הָעִֽיר | ʿal·hā·ʿîr} ‘the city’. The sequence of vav-consecutive forms ensures narrative cohesion, the infinitive construct clause foregrounds the moment of hearing, and the pronominal emphasis highlights the principal actor.
Root and etymology
ʻayin-yod-resh’-y-r
“city”
In context — 1 Kings 20:12
And it came to pass, as he heard this message, while he and the kings were drinking in the shelters , that he said to his servants , “Prepare yourselves,” and they set themselves against the city.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 20:12, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָעִֽיר׃ (alhair) 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.20.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.12.W14.S1) and character.