2 Samuel 18:8:52 Sam.18.8.W5TAB
עַל־פְּנֵ֣י
alpene
“upon the face of”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the face 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
ne-fu-TSAT na-FO-tset al-pe-NE KAL-ha-A-rets
- sentence
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA ne-fu-TSAT na-FO-tset al-pe-NE KAL-ha-A-rets va-ye-REV hay-YA-ar le-e-KHOL ba-AM me-a-SHER a-khe-LA ha-KHE-rev bay-YOM ha-HU
Exegesis
The construct phrase al penei kol ha-aretz {עַל־פְּנֵי־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ | ʿal-pə·nê hā·ʾā·reṣ} ‘upon the face of all the land’ conveys total extension.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:8
And the battle was scattered there and dispersed across the face of the whole land, and the forest consumed more people than the sword did on that day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 18:8, 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.18.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.8.W5.S1) and character.