2 Samuel 16:1:132 Sam.16.1.W13TAB
וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩
vaalehem
“and on them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-le-HEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-lee-HEHM
- IPA
- /vaʕăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and on them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-le-HEM ma-a-TA-yim LE-khem
- clause
ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM va-a-le-HEM ma-a-TA-yim LE-khem u-me-A tsi-mu-KIM u-me-A ka-YITS ve-NE-vel YA-yin
- sentence
ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM va-a-le-HEM ma-a-TA-yim LE-khem u-me-A tsi-mu-KIM u-me-A ka-YITS ve-NE-vel YA-yin
In context — 2 Samuel 16:1
And David passed a little beyond the summit , and behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, carrying a pair of saddled donkeys and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred portions of summer fruit, and a skin of wine.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩ (vaalehem) 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 Sam.16.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.1.W13.S1) and character.