2 Kings 21:23:32 Kgs.21.23.W3TAB
עָלָ֑יו
alav
“against him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- aa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- against him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- clause
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON a-LAV
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON a-LAV va-ya-MI-tu et-ha-ME-lekh be-VE-TO
Exegesis
The construct phrase avdei {עַבְדֵי | ʿavdê} ‘servants of’ linked to the proper name Amon {אָמ֖וֹן | Āmōn} identifies royal attendants as agents, and the prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿālāw} ‘against him’ specifies the target.
In context — 2 Kings 21:23
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:23, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֑יו (alav) 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.21.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.23.W3.S1) and character.