2 Chronicles 20:24:122 Chr.20.24.W12TAB
פְּלֵיטָֽה׃
peleita
“escape, one who escaped”
- Transliteration
- pe-lei-TA
- Extended
- peh-lee-TAA
- IPA
- /pəlɛjˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- escape, one who escaped
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-lei-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN pe-lei-TA
- clause
va-yif-NU el-he-ha-MON ve-hin-NAM pe-ga-RIM no-fe-LIM AR-tsa ve-EN pe-lei-TA
- sentence
vi-ye-hu-DA BA al-ha-mits-PE lam-mid-BAR va-yif-NU el-he-ha-MON ve-hin-NAM pe-ga-RIM no-fe-LIM AR-tsa ve-EN pe-lei-TA
Exegesis
Finally, weʾên pəlîṭāh {וְאֵ֥ן פְּלֵיטָֽה | weʾên pəlîṭāh} “and there is not survivor” uses a negative existential to emphasize total destruction. The English renderings maintain Hebrew word order and narrative climactic effect.
Root and etymology
p-l-ṭ
“to escape, deliver”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:24
And Judah came to the watchtower overlooking the wilderness, and they turned toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground; and there was no survivor .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 20:24, so the Hebrew word פְּלֵיטָֽה׃ (peleita) 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.20.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.24.W12.S1) and character.