2 Kings 17:9:62 Kgs.17.9.W6TAB
עַל־יְהוָ֖ה
alyehovah
“against the LORD”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-yehovah elohaihem {עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | ’al yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-ḥē-hem} ‘against the LORD their God’ frames the action as covenant violation.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 17:9
And the sons of Israel acted in secret and did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower to the fortified city.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 17:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְהוָ֖ה (alyehovah) 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.17.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.9.W6.S1) and character.