2 Chronicles 20:12:132 Chr.20.12.W13TAB
עָלֵ֑ינוּ
aleinu
“upon us”
- Transliteration
- a-LEI-nu
- Extended
- aa-LEE-nu
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈleːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LEI-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ha-BA a-LEI-nu
- clause
e-lo-HEI-nu ha-LO tish-pe-TO-BAM KI EN BA-nu KO-akh lif-NEI he-ha-MON ha-RAV ha-ZE ha-BA a-LEI-nu
- sentence
e-lo-HEI-nu ha-LO tish-pe-TO-BAM KI EN BA-nu KO-akh lif-NEI he-ha-MON ha-RAV ha-ZE ha-BA a-LEI-nu va-a-NAKH-nu LO NE-da MA-na-a-SE KI a-LEI-kha ei-NEI-nu
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnê hāhāmon hārāv haz-zeh hab-bāʾ ʿālênû {לִפְנֵי הֶהָמ֥וֹן הָרָ֛ב הַזֶּ֖ה הַבָּ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ | lif-nê hā-hā-mon hā-rāv haz-zeh hab-bāʾ ʿā-lê-nû} situates the impending threat, and the sequence vā-ʾănakhnû lōʾ nēdaʿ mah-nāʿăśēh {וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ לֹ֤א נֵדַע֙ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה | vā-ʾa-nakh-nû lōʾ nē-daʿ mah-nā-ʿă-śēh} expresses confessed ignorance.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:12
Our God will You not judge them? For there is no strength in us before this great multitude that comes against us, and we do not know what we will do, but our eyes are upon You.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 20:12, so the Hebrew word עָלֵ֑ינוּ (aleinu) 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.20.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.12.W13.S1) and character.