2 Chronicles 32:2:72 Chr.32.2.W7TAB
עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
alyerushalim
“against Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-roo-shah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəruː.ʃaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Jerusalem
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- clause
u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-yerushalayim {עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | ʿal-yərūšālāyim} ‘against Jerusalem’ defines the target. In English the Hebrew order shifts to subject-verb-object to preserve clarity and narrative flow.
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:2
And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his face was set for war against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 32:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ (alyerushalim) 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.32.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.2.W7.S1) and character.