2 Chronicles 32:30:72 Chr.32.30.W7TAB
הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן
haelyon
“the upper”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lyon
- Extended
- haa-eh-lyohn
- IPA
- /haː.ʕɛlˈjoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the upper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-e-lyon
- clause
ve-HU ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu sa-TAM et-mo-TSA mei-ME gi-KHON ha-e-lyon va-yish-RE-em le-MA-ta-ma-a-ra-VA le-IR da-VID
- sentence
ve-HU ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu sa-TAM et-mo-TSA mei-ME gi-KHON ha-e-lyon va-yish-RE-em le-MA-ta-ma-a-ra-VA le-IR da-VID va-yats-LAKH ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu be-khol-ma-a-SE-hu
Exegesis
The Qal perfect satam {סָתַם֙ | sāṭam} “blocked” appears with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet}, introducing the genitive construct mōṣāʾ mêymê Gîḥôn hā-ʿelyôn {מוֹצָ֞א מֵימֵ֤י גִיחוֹן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן | mōṣāʾ mêymê Gîḥôn hā-ʿelyôn} “outlet of the upper waters of Gihon.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:30
And Hezekiah blocked the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them downward, westward, to the City of David. He succeeded in all his works .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 32:30, so the Hebrew word הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן (haelyon) 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.32.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.30.W7.S1) and character.