2 Chronicles 34:4:72 Chr.34.4.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר־לְמַ֥עְלָה
asherlemala
“which were above”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-le-ma-LA
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-leh-mah-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.lə.maʕˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which were above
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHER-le-ma-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-le-ma-LA me-e-le-HEM
- clause
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
- 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 relative asher-lema'alah me'aleihem {אֲשֶׁר־לְמַעְלָה מֵעֲלֵיהֶם | ʾăšer-ləmaʿālāh mēʿəlēhem} ‘which were above them’ qualifies the incense altars.
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 34:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 34:4, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־לְמַ֥עְלָה (asherlemala) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.4.W7.S1) and character.