עָלָ֜יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָלָ֜יו

   a-LAV

   with him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקְצֹ֨ף עָלָ֜יו

   va-yik-TSOF a-LAV

   was angry with him
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקְצֹ֨ף עָלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לְהַכּ֨וֹת חָמֵ֤שׁ אוֹ־שֵׁשׁ֙ פְּעָמִ֔ים אָ֛ז הִכִּ֥יתָ אֶת־אֲרָ֖ם עַד־כַּלֵּ֑ה

   va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE

   the man of God was angry with him said to strike five or six times then you would have struck Aram until the end
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְצֹ֨ף עָלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לְהַכּ֨וֹת חָמֵ֤שׁ אוֹ־שֵׁשׁ֙ פְּעָמִ֔ים אָ֛ז הִכִּ֥יתָ אֶת־אֲרָ֖ם עַד־כַּלֵּ֑ה וְעַתָּ֕ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים תַּכֶּ֥ה אֶת־אֲרָֽם׃

   va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE ve-a-TA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM tak-KE et-a-RAM

   the man of God was angry with him said to strike five or six times then you would have struck Aram until the end but now three times you will strike Aram

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyiqtsof {וַיִּקְצֹף | wayyiqṣōp̄} ‘he became angry’, establishing a past narrative action focused on divine emotion, followed by the prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāyw} ‘at him’ marking the target of that emotion.