2 Kings 17:10:52 Kgs.17.10.W5TAB
עַ֚ל
al
“on”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- on
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
AL
- clause
AL kol-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kol-ETS ra-a-NAN
- sentence
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM AL kol-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kol-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
Parallel prepositional phrases ʿal kol-givʿāh gevōhāh {עַל כָּל־גִּבְעָה גְבֹהָה | ʿal kol-givʿāh gevōhāh} ‘on every high hill’ and wəṭaḥat kol-ʿēṣ raʿănān {וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן | wəṭaḥat kol-ʿēṣ raʿănān} ‘and under every green tree’ employ construct chains and chiastic parallelism to convey the comprehensive spread of cultic sites.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–heh
“to ascend, go up”
In context — 2 Kings 17:10
And they set up for themselves standing-stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word עַ֚ל (al) 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.17.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.10.W5.S1) and character.