2 Samuel 20:22:142 Sam.20.22.W14TAB
מֵֽעַל־הָעִ֖יר
mealhair
“from upon the city”
- Transliteration
- me-AL-ha-IR
- Extended
- mee-AHL-haa-IHR
- IPA
- /meː.ʕal.haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
me-AL-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV ve-yo-AV SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The clause vayyitqa bashofar {וַיִּתְקַע בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר | va-yit-qa ba-sho-FAR} ‘he blew the ram’s horn’ serves as a military signal, followed by vayyaputsū me’al ha’ir ish le’ohalav {וַיָּפֻצוּ מֵֽעַל־הָעִ֖יר אִ֣ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֑יו | va-ya-pu-TSU me-ʿāl hā-ʿîr ʾīš le-ʾō-hā-LAV}, a niphal imperfect indicating reflexive dispersal.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ר
“city”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:22
And the woman came to all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet , and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:22:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 20:22, so the Hebrew word מֵֽעַל־הָעִ֖יר (mealhair) 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.20.22.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.22.W14.S1) and character.