2 Samuel 17:19:52 Sam.17.19.W5TAB
עַל־פְּנֵ֣י
alpene
“over the surface of”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the surface of
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
al-pe-NE hab-be-ER
- clause
va-tik-KAKH ha-ish-SHA va-tif-ROS et-ha-ma-SAKH al-pe-NE hab-be-ER va-tish-TAKH a-LAV ha-ri-FOT
- sentence
va-tik-KAKH ha-ish-SHA va-tif-ROS et-ha-ma-SAKH al-pe-NE hab-be-ER va-tish-TAKH a-LAV ha-ri-FOT ve-LO no-Da da-VAR
Exegesis
The construct phrase al-penei habe’er {עַל־פְּנֵי הַבְּאֵר | ʿal-pə-nê ha-bə-ʼēr} ‘over the face of the well’ provides spatial precision.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:19
Then the woman took and spread the covering over the mouth of the well and scattered the grain upon it, and nothing was known about the matter.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:19, 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 Sam.17.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.19.W5.S1) and character.