2 Kings 23:27:62 Kgs.23.27.W6TAB
מֵעַ֣ל
meal
“from upon”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- mee-AL
- IPA
- /meːˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
me-AL
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL pa-NAI
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH GAM et-ye-hu-DA a-SIR me-AL pa-NAI ka-a-SHER ha-si-ro-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH GAM et-ye-hu-DA a-SIR me-AL pa-NAI ka-a-SHER ha-si-ro-TI et-yis-ra-EL u-ma-AS-ti et-ha-IR ha-ZOT a-sher-ba-KHAR-ti et-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-et-ha-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR-ti yih-yeh she-MI SHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mê-ʿal pā-nay {מֵעַל פָּנַי | mê-ʿal pā-nay} ‘from upon my presence’ employs spatial imagery for divine favor.
In context — 2 Kings 23:27
And the LORD said, “I will also remove Judah from My presence, just as I have removed Israel. And I have rejected this city which I have chosen—Jerusalem—and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:27, so the Hebrew word מֵעַ֣ל (meal) 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.23.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.27.W6.S1) and character.