2 Chronicles 16:11:82 Chr.16.11.W8TAB
עַל־סֵ֣פֶר
alsefer
“on the book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ah-l-SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the book of
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
al-SE-fer
- phraseyour reading level
al-SE-fer ham-me-la-KHIM
- clause
hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer ham-me-la-KHIM li-ye-hu-DA ve-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH div-REI a-SA ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer ham-me-la-KHIM li-ye-hu-DA ve-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal-sefer {עַל־סֵפֶר | ʿal-sēper} ‘upon the book of’ is an idiom for being entered in or preserved within a written register, and it is completed by ha-melakhim li-Yehudah ve-Yisra’el {הַמְּלָכִים לִיהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל | ham-məlākhîm lî-yəhûdāh wə-yisrāʾēl}, identifying the archival source as a royal compilation associated with both Judah and Israel. The overall syntax functions as a concluding citation, directing the audience to an external annalistic record for fuller detail.
Root and etymology
consonants ס־פ־רsamekh–pe–resh
“to count, recount”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:11
And look, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, are indeed written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 16:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֣פֶר (alsefer) 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.16.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.11.W8.S1) and character.