2 Chronicles 12:5:82 Chr.12.5.W8TAB
אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם
elyerushalim
“to Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-roo-shah-LIHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəruːʃɔːˈlaːim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- clause
u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK
- sentence
u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK va-yo-MER la-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TI ve-af-a-NI a-zav-TI et-khem be-YAD-shi-SHAK
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:5
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the LORD : ‘You have abandoned Me, and I have also abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 12:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם (elyerushalim) 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.12.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.5.W8.S1) and character.