2 Chronicles 14:9:22 Chr.14.9.W2TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:8
אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם
alehem
“against them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE a-le-HEM
- clause
va-ye-TSE a-le-HEM ZE-rakh ha-KU-shi be-KHA-yil E-lef a-la-FIM u-mar-ka-VOT she-LOSH me-OT
- sentence
va-ye-TSE a-le-HEM ZE-rakh ha-KU-shi be-KHA-yil E-lef a-la-FIM u-mar-ka-VOT she-LOSH me-OT va-ya-VO ad-ma-RE-sha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase aleihem {אֲלֵיהֶם | ’ă-lē-hēm} ‘against them’ specifies the adversarial direction.
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:9
Then Zerah the Cushite went out against them with an army of a million and 300 chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 14:9, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (alehem) 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.14.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.9.W2.S1) and character.