2 Chronicles 28:20:22 Chr.28.20.W2TAB
עָלָ֔יו
alav
“against him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- 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-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO a-LAV
- clause
va-ya-VO a-LAV til-le-GAT pil-ne-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
va-ya-VO a-LAV til-le-GAT pil-ne-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-TSAR LO ve-LO kha-ZA-ko
Exegesis
The narrative advances through the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect form vayyō’āḇ {וַיָּבֹא | wayyō’āḇ} ‘and he came’, with the suffix in ʿālāyw {עָלָיו | ‘ā-lāyw} ‘upon him’ marking the object of attack.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:20
And Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came against him and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 28:20, 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.28.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.20.W2.S1) and character.