2 Chronicles 7:22:22 Chr.7.22.W2TAB
עַל֩
al
“because of”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
AL
- phraseyour reading level
AL a-SHER a-ze-VU
- clause
ve-a-me-RU AL a-SHER a-ze-VU et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM a-SHER ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-ya-kha-ZI-ku be-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM va-ya-av-DUM
- sentence
ve-a-me-RU AL a-SHER a-ze-VU et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM a-SHER ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-ya-kha-ZI-ku be-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM va-ya-av-DUM al-KEN he-VI a-le-HEM ET kal-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al asher {עַל אֲשֶׁר | ʿal ʾă-šer} marks “because that.”
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-l-y
“to ascend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:22
And they will say, “Because they forsook the LORD their God , who brought them out from the land of Egypt and clung to other gods, bowing down and serving them; therefore He brought upon them all this disaster .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 7:22, so the Hebrew word עַל֩ (al) 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.7.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.22.W2.S1) and character.