2 Kings 15:11:62 Kgs.15.11.W6TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“on or in the book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on or in the book 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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-SE-fer
- clause
hin-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ze-khar-YA hin-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The preposition al {עַל | ʿal} ‘upon’ governs the double construct sefer divrei hayamim {סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים | sé-fer dibréy ha-yá-mim} ‘book of the chronicles,’ denoting an official record.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–pe–resh
“to count, recount, book”
In context — 2 Kings 15:11
The rest of the acts of Zechariah are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֛פֶר (alsefer) 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 Kgs.15.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.11.W6.S1) and character.