2 Kings 18:12:12 Kgs.18.12.W1TAB
עַ֣ל
al
“because of”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
AL
- phraseyour reading level
AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U
- clause
AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO SHA-me-U ve-LO A-SU
Exegesis
The causal preposition al {עַל | ʿal} ‘because of’ introduces the reason clause.
Root and etymology
ע־ל־ה
“to go up, ascend, attack”
In context — 2 Kings 18:12
They did not heed the voice of the LORD their God , and they violated His covenant—everything that Moses, the LORD’s servant, commanded. They neither listened nor carried it out.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word עַ֣ל (al) 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.18.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.12.W1.S1) and character.