2 Chronicles 12:2:112 Chr.12.2.W11TAB
מָעֲל֖וּ
maalu
“they acted unfaithfully”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-LU
- Extended
- maa-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /maː.ʕăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they acted unfaithfully
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-a-LU
- phraseyour reading level
KI ma-a-LU
- clause
KI ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am A-la shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im KI ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the causal clause in which the Qal perfect ma‘alu {מָעֲלוּ | mā-‘ă-lû} ‘acted unfaithfully’ in relation to YHWH triggers divine judgment. English shifts from VSO to SVO to preserve clarity and causal flow.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-heh
“to act unfaithfully”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:2
And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak, king of Egypt, went up against Jerusalem because they acted unfaithfully against the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 12:2, so the Hebrew word מָעֲל֖וּ (maalu) 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 2 Chr.12.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.2.W11.S1) and character.