2 Chronicles 28:13:142 Chr.28.13.W14TAB
וְעַל־אַשְׁמָתֵ֑ינוּ
vealashmatenu
“and upon our guilt”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu
- Extended
- veh-ahl-ash-maa-TEH-noo
- IPA
- /vəʕal.ʔaʃmaːˈteːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon our guilt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu
- clause
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu ki-rab-BA ash-MA LA-nu va-kha-RON AF al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The participle omrim {אֹמְרִים | ʾŏm·rîm} and infinitive lehosif {לְהֹסִיף | lə·hō·sîp} introduce an accusation in parallel phrases al-chatoteinu {עַל־חַטֹּאותֵינוּ | al·ḥa·ṭō·ṯê·nû} and ve-al-ashmateinu {וְעַל־אַשְׁמָתֵינוּ | wə·ʿal·ʾaš·mə·ṯê·nû}.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:13
And they said to them, “You shall not bring the captives here, for guilt before the LORD is upon us. You are proposing to increase our sins and our guilt, for great is the guilt upon us, and wrath and anger is upon Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 28:13, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־אַשְׁמָתֵ֑ינוּ (vealashmatenu) 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.28.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.13.W14.S1) and character.