2 Chronicles 24:21:22 Chr.24.21.W2TAB
עָלָ֔יו
alav
“against him”
- Transliteration
- a-LA-v
- Extended
- aa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- against him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LA-v
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-she-RU a-LA-v
- clause
va-yik-she-RU a-LA-v va-yir-ge-MU-hu E-ven be-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU a-LA-v va-yir-ge-MU-hu E-ven be-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh ba-kha-TSAR BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayikshru {וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ | vayyikšəru} ‘and they conspired’, followed by the prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿalāv} specifying the target.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 24:21, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֔יו (alav) 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.24.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.21.W2.S1) and character.