2 Chronicles 34:4:162 Chr.34.4.W16TAB
עַל־פְּנֵ֣י
alpene
“upon the surface of”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the surface of
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-pe-NE
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE hak-ke-va-RIM
- clause
ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-mas-se-KHOT shib-BAR ve-he-DAK va-yiz-ROK al-pe-NE hak-ke-va-RIM ha-zo-ve-KHIM la-HEM
- sentence
va-ye-nat-TSU le-fa-NAV ET miz-be-KHOT ha-be-a-LIM ve-ha-kham-ma-NIM a-SHER-le-ma-LA me-e-le-HEM gid-DE-a ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-mas-se-KHOT shib-BAR ve-he-DAK va-yiz-ROK al-pe-NE hak-ke-va-RIM ha-zo-ve-KHIM la-HEM
Exegesis
The phrase al-penei hakkvarim {עַל־פְּנֵי הַקְּבָרִים | ʿal-pənē hakkəvārīm} ‘upon the face of the graves’ serves as a ritual defilement, with hazovchim {הַזֹּבְחִים | hazōvēḥîm} ‘those sacrificing’ marking the sacrificial participants.
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:4
And they tore down the altars of the Baals before him, cut down the incense altars that were above them, and broke in pieces the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, grinding them to dust; then they scattered the dust over the graves of the sacrificers .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 34:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵ֣י (alpene) 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.34.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.4.W16.S1) and character.