2 Chronicles 20:34:132 Chr.20.34.W13TAB
עַל־סֵ֖פֶר
alsefer
“upon a book”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon a book
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-SE-fer
- clause
hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI a-SHER ho-a-LA al-SE-fer mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI a-SHER ho-a-LA al-SE-fer mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Finally, al-sefer malkê Yisrael {עַל־סֵ֖פֶר מַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʿal-sēfer malkê Yiśrāʾēl} ‘on the book of the kings of Israel’ identifies the archival repository and its contents. This sequence (editorial introduction, source citation, archival notation) typifies the Chronicler’s historiographical style.
Root and etymology
Roots-p-r
“writing, book”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:34
And the remainder of the words of Jehoshaphat , the first and the last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he set down upon the book of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:34:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 20:34, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֖פֶר (alsefer) 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.20.34.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.34.W13.S1) and character.