2 Kings 17:3:22 Kgs.17.3.W2TAB
עָלָ֔ה
ala
“came up”
- Transliteration
- a-LA
- Extended
- aa-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- came up
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAV a-LA
- clause
a-LAV a-LA shal-ma-ne-SEr ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
a-LAV a-LA shal-ma-ne-SEr ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ye-HI-LO ho-SHE-a E-ved va-ya-SHEV LO min-KHA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verb alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lā} ‘went up’ introduces the military advance in historical sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–heh
“to ascend, go up”
In context — 2 Kings 17:3
Shalmaneser king of Assyria went up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:3, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֔ה (ala) 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.17.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.3.W2.S1) and character.