2 Kings 24:20:22 Kgs.24.20.W2TAB
עַל־אַ֣ף
alaf
“because of anger”
- Transliteration
- al-AF
- Extended
- ahl-AHF
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of anger
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-AF
- phraseyour reading level
KI al-AF Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI al-AF Ye-ho-VAH ha-ye-TA bi-ru-sha-LA-yim u-vi-hu-DA ad-hish-li-KHO o-TAM me-AL pa-NAV
- sentence
KI al-AF Ye-ho-VAH ha-ye-TA bi-ru-sha-LA-yim u-vi-hu-DA ad-hish-li-KHO o-TAM me-AL pa-NAV va-yim-ROD tsid-ki-YA-hu be-ME-lekh ba-VEL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal-ʾap YHWH {עַל־אַף יְהוָה | ʿal-ʾap Yəhōwāh} frames divine anger as the controlling cause.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Nun–Pe
“to be angry”
In context — 2 Kings 24:20
For because of the anger of the LORD , it happened in Jerusalem and in Judah until He cast them from His presence ; and Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 24:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 24:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־אַ֣ף (alaf) 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.24.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.20.W2.S1) and character.