2 Chronicles 20:19:132 Chr.20.19.W13TAB
לְמָֽעְלָה׃
lemala
“upward or exceedingly”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-la
- Extended
- leh-MAA-eh-lah
- IPA
- /ləˈmaː.ʕə.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upward or exceedingly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
le-MA-la
- clause
le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL be-KOL ga-DOL le-MA-la
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu hal-ve-YIM min-be-NEI hak-ke-ha-TIM u-min-be-NEI hak-kar-KHIM le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL be-KOL ga-DOL le-MA-la
Exegesis
The instrumental phrase beqol gadol lema'alah {בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל לְמָעְלָה | bəqōl gādôl lə-maʿălā} conveys intensification, rendered in formal as “with an exceedingly loud voice” and in dynamic as “as powerfully as they could,” capturing the Hebrew emphasis on volume and height.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hʿ-l-h
“ascent”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:19
Then the Levites, from among the sons of the Kohathites and from among the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD , the God of Israel , with an exceedingly loud voice .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 20:19, so the Hebrew word לְמָֽעְלָה׃ (lemala) 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.20.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.19.W13.S1) and character.