2 Chronicles 15:4:32 Chr.15.4.W3TAB
עַל־יְהוָ֖ה
alyehovah
“to the LORD or upon the LORD”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD or 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
va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL va-ye-vak-SHU-hu va-yim-ma-TSE la-HEM
Exegesis
The action is directed al {עַל | ʿal} ‘to/upon’ Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê Yis-rā-ʾēl, foregrounding both personal and national divine relationship.
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:4
But in their distress they turned to the LORD , the God of Israel , and they sought Him, and He was found by them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 15:4, 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.15.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.4.W3.S1) and character.