2 Kings 23:13:32 Kgs.23.13.W3TAB
עַל־פְּנֵ֣י
alpene
“on the face of or before”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the face of or before
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-NE
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
ve-ET-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim a-SHER mi-MIN le-har-ha-mash-KHIT a-SHER ba-NA she-lo-MO ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-ash-to-RET shi-KUTS tsi-do-NIM ve-likh-MOSH shi-KUTS mo-AV u-le-mil-KOM to-a-VAT be-NE-a-MON
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim a-SHER mi-MIN le-har-ha-mash-KHIT a-SHER ba-NA she-lo-MO ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-ash-to-RET shi-KUTS tsi-do-NIM ve-likh-MOSH shi-KUTS mo-AV u-le-mil-KOM to-a-VAT be-NE-a-MON ti-ME ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The construct phrase al-penei Yerushalayim {עַל־פְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם | ʿal-pə-nê Yə-rū-ša-la-yim} establishes a locative ‘east of Jerusalem.’
Root and etymology
p-n-h
“face, presence”
In context — 2 Kings 23:13
And the high places that were east of Jerusalem and on the south side of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built for Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, and for Milkom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon—the king defiled them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 23:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵ֣י (alpene) 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.23.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.13.W3.S1) and character.