2 Kings 18:20:72 Kgs.18.20.W7TAB
עַל־מִ֣י
almi
“upon whom”
- Transliteration
- al-MI
- Extended
- ahl-MEE
- IPA
- /ʕalˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon whom
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-MI
- phraseyour reading level
al-MI va-TAKH-ta
- clause
a-TA al-MI va-TAKH-ta KI ma-RAD-ta BI
- sentence
a-MAR-ta akh-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim E-tsa u-ge-vu-RA la-mil-kha-MA a-TA al-MI va-TAKH-ta KI ma-RAD-ta BI
Exegesis
The shift to a rhetorical question is signaled by the adverb attah {עַתָּה | ʿattāh} ‘now’, followed by the prepositional interrogative al mi {עַל־מִי | ʿal mî} ‘upon whom’, the verb vatachta {בָטַחְתָּ | baṭaḥ-tā} ‘have you trusted’, the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘that’, and the verb maradta {מָרַדְתָּ | märäd-tā} ‘have you rebelled’, ending with the suffix bi {בִּי | bî} ‘against me’. The English maintains the Hebrew’s syntactic sequence and confrontational tone.
Root and etymology
mem–yod–memMem–Yod–Mem
“water(s)”
In context — 2 Kings 18:20
You have said, “It is only words of the lips —counsel and strength for war.” Now upon whom have you trusted that you have rebelled against me?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־מִ֣י (almi) 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.18.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.20.W7.S1) and character.