2 Chronicles 36:6:22 Chr.36.6.W2TAB
עָלָ֔ה
ala
“he came up”
- Transliteration
- a-LA
- Extended
- aa-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he came up
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAV a-LA
- clause
a-LAV a-LA ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR ME-lekh ba-VEL
- sentence
a-LAV a-LA ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR ME-lekh ba-VEL va-ya-as-RE-hu ban-khu-shta-YIM le-ho-li-KHO ba-ve-LA
Exegesis
The verb alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lāh} functions idiomatically as a military advance.
Root and etymology
“to ascend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 36:6
Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon, marched against him and fastened him with bronze shackles to bring him to Babylon.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 36:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 36:6, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֔ה (ala) 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.36.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.36.6.W2.S1) and character.