2 Kings 15:21:82 Kgs.15.21.W8TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“upon the book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon 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
ha-LO-heM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE me-na-KHEM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-heM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al sefer {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר | ʿal sê-pher} “upon the book” links to the source text, while divrei hayamim {דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים | dib-rê hā-yā-mîm} “words of the days” serves as a technical term for annals, and lemalchei Yisrael {לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | lə-mal-ḵê yiś-rā-ʼēl} “to the kings of Israel” identifies scope. This structure exemplifies the Deuteronomistic historiographical formula for citing archival sources, and the translation places the passive verb early for natural English syntax.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–pe–resh
“scroll, record”
In context — 2 Kings 15:21
And the rest of the words of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 15:21, 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.15.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.21.W8.S1) and character.