2 Kings 18:25:122 Kgs.18.25.W12TAB
עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ
alhaarets
“against the land”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- ahl-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /ʕal.haː.ʔaˈrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the land
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-A-rets
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT
- clause
ye-ho-VAH a-MAR e-LAI a-LE al-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT ve-hash-khi-TA
- sentence
a-TA ha-mib-bal-a-de ye-ho-VAH a-li-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE le-hash-khi-TO ye-ho-VAH a-MAR e-LAI a-LE al-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT ve-hash-khi-TA
Exegesis
In the response clause, the divine subject YHWH {יְהוָה | yĕ-hō-wāh} and verb ’amar {אָמַר | ’ā-mar} introduce direct discourse, followed by the imperative ’aleh {עֲלֵה | ’ă-lêh} ‘go up’ and ve-hashkhitah {וְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ | wĕ-hash-khê-tāh} ‘and destroy her’, each governing the locative phrase al-ha-aretz hazot {עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | ’al-hă-’ā-rĕṣ hă-zôt} ‘against this land’. The shift from interrogative to imperative emphasizes the transition from question to divine command, reflecting the Hebrew use of discourse markers to convey authority and purpose.
Root and etymology
ע־ל־ה
“to go up, ascend, attack”
In context — 2 Kings 18:25
Now, was it apart from the LORD that I went up against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ (alhaarets) 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.18.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.25.W12.S1) and character.