2 Kings 20:6:22 Kgs.20.6.W2TAB
עַל־יָמֶ֗יךָ
alyamekha
“upon your days”
- Transliteration
- al-ya-ME-kha
- Extended
- ahl-yaa-MEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕal.jaːˈmɛjxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your days
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
al-ya-ME-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha
- clause
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
The phrase al-yamekha {עַל־יָמֶיךָ | ʿal-yāmēḵā} ‘to your days’ specifies the target of the extension.
In context — 2 Kings 20:6
I will increase your days by fifteen years, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will guard this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word עַל־יָמֶ֗יךָ (alyamekha) 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.20.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.6.W2.S1) and character.