2 Samuel 18:1:72 Sam.18.1.W7TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
alehem
“over them”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-hem
- Extended
- ah-LEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʕăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- over them
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-LE-hem
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem
- clause
va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
- sentence
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} indicates distribution of authority.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:1
And David mustered the people who were with him, and he appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (alehem) 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.18.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.1.W7.S1) and character.