2 Chronicles 18:7:232 Chr.18.7.W23TAB
אַל־יֹאמַ֥ר
alyomar
“let {him} not say”
- Transliteration
- al-YO-mar
- Extended
- ahl-YOH-mahr
- IPA
- /ʔal.joːˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- let {him} not say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-YO-mar
- phraseyour reading level
al-YO-mar ham-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-sha-FAT al-YO-mar ham-ME-lekh KEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT OD ish-e-KHAD lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-TI-hu ki-e-NE-nu mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA KI khol-ya-MAV le-ra-A HU mi-kha-YE-hu ven-yim-LA va-YO-mer ye-ho-sha-FAT al-YO-mar ham-ME-lekh KEN
Exegesis
The naming mikhayhu ben-yimlah {מִיכָיְהוּ בֶן־יִמְלָא | mî-khā-yə-hū ben yim-lāʾ} and the warning al-yomar hamelech ken {אַל־יֹאמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ כֵּן | ʾal yō-mar ham-mé-lekh kēn} frame the tension between the ruler and the lone prophet.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There remains one man through whom we may inquire of the LORD , but I hate him, for he never prophesies good for me—only evil —Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king speak that way.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:7:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 2 Chronicles 18:7, so the Hebrew word אַל־יֹאמַ֥ר (alyomar) 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.18.7.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.7.W23.S1) and character.