2 Kings 20:11:72 Kgs.20.11.W7TAB
בַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹת
bamaalot
“on the steps”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-a-LOT
- Extended
- bah-mah-ah-LOHT
- IPA
- /bam.ma.ʕaˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the steps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ma-a-LOT
- clause
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-TSEL ba-ma-a-LOT a-SHER yar-DA be-ma-a-LOT a-KHAZ a-kho-ra-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
- sentence
va-yik-RA ye-sha-ya-HU ha-na-VI el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-SHEV et-ha-TSEL ba-ma-a-LOT a-SHER yar-DA be-ma-a-LOT a-KHAZ a-kho-ra-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The direct object ʾet-hā-ṣēl {אֶת־הַצֵּל | ʾet-hā-ṣēl} ‘the shadow’ appears in the locative ba-ma‘ălôṯ {בַּמַּעֲלוֹת | ba-maʿălôṯ} ‘on the steps’, modified by the relative clause ʾašer yāreḏāh {אֲשֶׁר יָרְדָה | ʾašer yāreḏāh} ‘which it had descended’.
Root and etymology
ע־ל־ה
“to ascend”
In context — 2 Kings 20:11
And Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD , and He restored the shadow on the steps of Ahaz’s stairway, bringing it back by ten steps—the steps by which it had descended.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word בַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹת (bamaalot) 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.20.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.11.W7.S1) and character.