2 Samuel 16:8:22 Sam.16.8.W2TAB
עָלֶ֨יךָ
alekha
“upon you”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-kha
- Extended
- aa-LEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlɛχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH
- clause
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha
- sentence
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha ve-hin-NE-kha be-ra-a-TE-kha KI ISH da-MIM a-TA
Exegesis
The phrase alekha YHWH kol demei beit Shaul {עָלֶיךָ יְהוָה כֹּל דְּמֵי בֵית־שָׁאוּל | ’ā-le-kā yə-hō-wāh kōl də-mê bêt-šā-’ūl} ‘upon you the LORD all the blood of the house of Saul’ employs a construct chain to attribute guilt.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:8
The LORD has repaid you for all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you reigned, and has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And now you stand in your calamity, because you are a bloodstained man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 16:8, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֨יךָ (alekha) 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.16.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.8.W2.S1) and character.