2 Kings 15:18:72 Kgs.15.18.W7TAB
מֵעַ֨ל
meal
“from upon or from”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- mee-AHL
- IPA
- /meːˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon or from
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AL
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL kha-to-OT
- clause
LO SAR me-AL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-sher-he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL kol-ya-MAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH LO SAR me-AL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-sher-he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL kol-ya-MAV
Exegesis
The negated perfect lo sar {לֹ֣א סָ֠ר | lōʾ sār} ‘he did not turn aside’ expresses persistent refusal, and the prepositional phrase me-al {מֵעַ֨ל | mē-ʿal} ‘from upon’ portrays departing as moving off an established course.
In context — 2 Kings 15:18
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD and he did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, all his days .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:18, so the Hebrew word מֵעַ֨ל (meal) 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.15.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.18.W7.S1) and character.