2 Chronicles 20:16:52 Chr.20.16.W5TAB
עֹלִ֖ים
olim
“going up”
- Transliteration
- o-LIM
- Extended
- oh-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- going up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
o-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NAM o-LIM
- clause
ma-KHAR re-DU a-LE-hem hin-NAM o-LIM be-ma-a-LE ha-TSITS
- sentence
ma-KHAR re-DU a-LE-hem hin-NAM o-LIM be-ma-a-LE ha-TSITS u-me-tsa-TEM o-TAM be-SOF ha-NA-khal pe-NE mid-BAR ye-ru-EL
Exegesis
The participial construction hinam olim {הִנָּם עֹלִים | hin-nām ʿō-lîm} ‘behold they are going up’ expresses ongoing enemy movement.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:16
Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are going up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley , facing the wilderness of Jeruel .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:16, so the Hebrew word עֹלִ֖ים (olim) 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.20.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.16.W5.S1) and character.