2 Chronicles 12:9:42 Chr.12.9.W4TAB
עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒
alyerushalaim
“against Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- Extended
- ah l-yeh-roo-shah-LA-ihm
- IPA
- /ʕal.jə.ruː.ʃaˈla.im/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Jerusalem
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
va-YA-al shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh et-ha-KOL la-KAKH
- sentence
va-YA-al shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh et-ha-KOL la-KAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ma-gin-NE ha-za-HAV a-SHER a-SA she-lo-MO
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:9
Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of the LORD , and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also took the gold shields that Solomon made.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 12:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם֒ (alyerushalaim) 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.12.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.9.W4.S1) and character.