2 Chronicles 23:19:32 Chr.23.19.W3TAB
עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֖י
alshaare
“over or at the gates of”
- Transliteration
- al-sha-a-RE
- Extended
- ahl-shah-ah-REE
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃa.ʕaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over or at the gates 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-sha-a-RE
- clause
va-ya-a-MED ha-sho-a-RIM al-sha-a-RE BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED ha-sho-a-RIM al-sha-a-RE BET ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-ya-VO ta-ME le-KHOL-da-VAR
Exegesis
The construct chain ʿal-shaʿarei beit YHWH {עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה | ʿal-ša-ʿārê bêt Yə-hō-wāh} links ‘at the gates of the house of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–ayin–resh
“gate, entrance”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:19
And he stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD , so that no unclean person could enter for any purpose.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 23:19, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֖י (alshaare) 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.23.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.19.W3.S1) and character.