2 Chronicles 20:22:82 Chr.20.22.W8TAB
עַל־בְּנֵ֨י
albenei
“against the sons of”
- Transliteration
- al-be-NEI
- Extended
- ahl-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the sons of
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-be-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
al-be-NEI a-MON
- sentence
u-ve-ET he-KHE-lu ve-rin-NA u-te-hil-LA na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH me-a-re-VIM al-be-NEI a-MON mo-AV ve-har-se-IR ha-ba-IM li-ye-hu-DA va-yin-na-GE-fu
Exegesis
The object me’arvim {מְאָֽרְבִים | mə-ʾār-vîm} ‘ambushers’ is governed by the prepositional phrase al-benei {עַל־בְּנֵ֨י | ʿal-bə-nê} ‘against the sons of,’ listing Ammon, Moab, and ve-har-seir {וְהַר־שֵׂעִ֛יר | wə-har-sê-ʿîr} ‘and Mount Seir.’
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, mind, inner self”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:22
And at the time they began with joyful shouting and praise, the LORD set ambushers against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who were coming against Judah, and they were struck down .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 20:22, so the Hebrew word עַל־בְּנֵ֨י (albenei) 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.20.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.22.W8.S1) and character.