2 Kings 15:31:72 Kgs.15.31.W7TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“on the book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on 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-PE-kakh ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA hin-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The phrase al sefer divrei hayamim {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִים | ʿal sêp̄er dibrê hayyāmîm} specifies the textual genre, and lemalchei Yisrael {לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ləmalkê yiśrāʾēl} defines the scope. English word order is adjusted for clarity while preserving Hebrew emphasis and structure.
Root and etymology
s-p-rs-p-r
“book, document, to recount”
In context — 2 Kings 15:31
Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:31:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:31, 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.15.31.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.31.W7.S1) and character.