2 Chronicles 16:4:102 Chr.16.4.W10TAB
אֶל־עָרֵ֣י
elare
“against the cities of”
- Transliteration
- el-a-RE
- Extended
- ehl-aa-REE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʕaːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the cities of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-a-RE
- phraseyour reading level
el-a-RE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim
- sentence
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim ve-ET KAL-mis-ke-NOT a-RE naf-ta-LI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-arei yisrael {אֶל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ʾel-ʿārê yiśrāʾēl} marks the target cities.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:4
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Mayim, and all the storehouse towns of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 16:4, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עָרֵ֣י (elare) 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.16.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.4.W10.S1) and character.