2 Kings 17:1:112 Kgs.17.1.W11TAB
עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
alyisrael
“over Israel”
- Transliteration
- al-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- ahl-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʕal.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- over Israel
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ma-LAKH ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ve-sho-me-RON al-yis-ra-EL TE-sha sha-NIM
- sentence
bish-NAT she-TEM e-se-RE le-a-KHAZ ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ve-sho-me-RON al-yis-ra-EL TE-sha sha-NIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases beshomron {בְשֹׁמְר֛וֹן | bə-šom-rôn} ‘in Samaria’ and al-yisrael {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | ʿal-yis-rāʼ-ēl} ‘over Israel’ locate the royal seat and convey authority.
In context — 2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began his reign in Samaria over Israel and ruled for nine years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 17:1, so the Hebrew word עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (alyisrael) 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.17.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.1.W11.S1) and character.