2 Chronicles 18:16:52 Chr.18.16.W5TAB
עַל־הֶֽהָרִ֔ים
alheharim
“on the mountains”
- Transliteration
- al-he-ha-RIM
- Extended
- ahl-heh-hah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.hɛhaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the mountains
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-he-ha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM
- clause
va-yo-MER ra-I-ti et-KOL-yis-ra-EL ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM ka-TSON a-SHER en-la-HEN ro-E
- sentence
va-yo-MER ra-I-ti et-KOL-yis-ra-EL ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM ka-TSON a-SHER en-la-HEN ro-E va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The speaker’s perfect verb ra’iti {רָאִיתִי | rā-’î-tî} ‘I saw’ takes kol yisra’el {כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל | kāl yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘all Israel’ as its object, modified by the participle nefotzim {נְפוֹצִים | nə-pō-ṣîm} ‘scattered’ and the spatial phrase al heharim {עַל־הֶהָרִים | ʿal hē-hā-rîm} ‘on the mountains’.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-l-h
“to go up, ascend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:16
He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said, ‘They have no masters ; let each return to his house in peace.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 18:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־הֶֽהָרִ֔ים (alheharim) 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.18.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.16.W5.S1) and character.