1 Kings 20:22:191 Kgs.20.22.W19TAB
עָלֶֽיךָ׃
alekha
“against you”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-kha
- Extended
- aa-LEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlɛːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
o-LE a-LE-kha
- clause
KI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA ME-lekh a-RAM o-LE a-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ha-na-VI el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER LO LEKH hit-kha-ZAK ve-DA u-re-E ET a-sheR-ta-a-SE KI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA ME-lekh a-RAM o-LE a-LE-kha
Exegesis
Finally, the participle ʿōle {עֹלֶה | ʿōle} ‘is going up’ functions metaphorically for military invasion, and the suffixed preposition ʿālāyḵā {עָלֶיךָ | ʼālayḵā} marks the target. The translation retains the original sequence and urgency while clarifying idiomatic temporal and military imagery.
In context — 1 Kings 20:22
And the prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself , and be attentive to what you should do, for at the turning of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:22:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 20:22, so the Hebrew word עָלֶֽיךָ׃ (alekha) 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.20.22.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.22.W19.S1) and character.