2 Kings 17:5:72 Kgs.17.5.W7TAB
עָלֶ֖יהָ
aleha
“against it”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-ha
- Extended
- aa-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlɛ.jaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha
- clause
va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
- sentence
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-KHOL-ha-A-rets va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Exegesis
A second vayya‘al marks forward movement while vayyaṣar {וַיָּ֥צַר | way-ya-ṣar} ‘and he besieged’ with ʿāleyhā {עָלֶ֖יהָ | ʿā-le-hā} ‘upon it’ denotes the commencement of siege.
In context — 2 Kings 17:5
And the king of Assyria advanced throughout the land , and he went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֖יהָ (aleha) 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.17.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.5.W7.S1) and character.