2 Kings 17:23:52 Kgs.17.23.W5TAB
מֵעַ֣ל
meal
“from upon”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- mee-AL
- IPA
- /meːˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Word in context
- word
me-AL
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL pa-NAV
- clause
AD a-SHER-he-SIR Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL pa-NAV ka-a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD kal-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM
- sentence
AD a-SHER-he-SIR Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL pa-NAV ka-a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD kal-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM va-yi-GEL yis-ra-EL me-AL ad-ma-TO a-shu-RA ad ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me'al panav {מֵעַל פָּנָיו | mē-ʿǎl pānāw} ‘from upon his presence’ expresses spatial and relational separation.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Lamed–Heh
“to go up, bring up”
In context — 2 Kings 17:23
Until the LORD removed Israel from His presence, just as He spoke by the hand of all His servants the prophets , and exiled Israel from His land to Assyria, until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:23, so the Hebrew word מֵעַ֣ל (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.17.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.23.W5.S1) and character.