2 Chronicles 20:29:42 Chr.20.29.W4TAB
עַ֖ל
al
“upon”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
AL
- clause
va-ye-HI PA-khad e-lo-HIM AL kal-mam-le-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI PA-khad e-lo-HIM AL kal-mam-le-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT be-sha-me-AM KI nil-KHAM Ye-ho-VAH IM o-ye-VE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The noun phrase pachad Elohim {פַּחַד אֱלֹהִים | pa-ḥaḏ ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘fear of God’ governs the preposition al {עַל | ʿal} with kol-mamlekhot haaratzot {כָּל־מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאֲרָצו֑וֹת | kol-mam-lĕ-khoṯ hā-ʾă-rā-ṣôt} as its locus of effect.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hʿ-l-h
“ascent”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:29
And the fear of God was upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 20:29, so the Hebrew word עַ֖ל (al) 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.20.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.29.W4.S1) and character.