2 Chronicles 28:13:92 Chr.28.13.W9TAB
עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙
alenu
“upon us”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-nu
- Extended
- aa-LEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈleːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-LE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-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
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 28:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 28:13, so the Hebrew word עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ (alenu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.13.W9.S1) and character.