2 Chronicles 13:18:102 Chr.13.18.W10TAB
עַל־יְהוָ֖ה
alyehovah
“upon the LORD”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the LORD
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI ni-she-a-NU al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-ka-NE-u be-NE-yi-sra-EL ba-ET ha-HI-a va-yit-e-am-TSU be-NE ye-hu-DA KI ni-she-a-NU al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
Exegesis
The motivation is supplied by a causal kî-clause, kî nišʿănû {כִּ֣י נִשְׁעֲנ֔וּ | kî nišʿănû} ‘because they relied’, where the Niphal of šʿn frames trust as “leaning” for support, completed by ʿal-yəhōwāh {עַל־יְהוָ֖ה | ʿal-yəhōwāh} ‘upon the LORD’.
Root and etymology
consonantsheh–yod–heh
“to be”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:18
The sons of Israel were subdued in that time; the sons of Judah prevailed, because they leaned on the LORD , the God of their fathers.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 13:18, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְהוָ֖ה (alyehovah) 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.13.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.18.W10.S1) and character.