2 Chronicles 17:12:52 Chr.17.12.W5TAB
עַד־לְמָ֑עְלָה
adlemala
“up to upwardness or to a higher place”
- Transliteration
- ad-le-MA-la
- Extended
- ahd-leh-MAA-lah
- IPA
- /ʕaɗ.ləmaˈʕlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- up to upwardness or to a higher place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-le-MA-la
- clause
va-ye-HI ye-ho-sha-FAT ho-LEKH ve-ga-DEL ad-le-MA-la
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-ho-sha-FAT ho-LEKH ve-ga-DEL ad-le-MA-la va-yiv-BEN bi-ye-hu-DA bi-ra-ni-YOT ve-a-RE mis-ke-NOT
Exegesis
The Qal participles holekh {הֹלֵ֥ךְ | hô-lêk} “going” and vegadel {וְגָדֵ֖ל | wə-ḡā-ḏêl} “growing great” form a coordinated ascent, intensified by the prepositional phrase ad-lemalah {עַד־לְמָעְלָה | ʿad-lə-mā-ʿā-lā} “upward.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat kept increasing, becoming greater and greater, and he built strongholds in Judah and cities for storehouses .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 17:12, so the Hebrew word עַד־לְמָ֑עְלָה (adlemala) 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.17.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.12.W5.S1) and character.