2 Kings 17:7:62 Kgs.17.7.W6TAB
הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה
hammaale
“the one bringing up”
- Transliteration
- ham-ma-a-LE
- Extended
- hahm-mah-ah-LEH
- IPA
- /ham.ma.ʕăˈlɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one bringing up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ham-ma-a-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM va-yir-E-u e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
Exegesis
The participial phrase hamaaleh {הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה | hammaʿălêh} ‘the One bringing up’ functions like a relative/appositional descriptor of the LORD, and it carries its own complement otam {אֹתָם֙ | ʾōtām} ‘them’, spotlighting divine initiative in deliverance.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Lamed–Heh
“to go up, bring up”
In context — 2 Kings 17:7
And it happened that, because the sons of Israel sinned against the LORD their God , the One who brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, they feared other gods.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה (hammaale) 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.17.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.7.W6.S1) and character.