2 Samuel 20:23:22 Sam.20.23.W2TAB
אֶ֥ל
el
“over or toward”
- Transliteration
- EL
- Extended
- EHL
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- over or toward
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EL
- phraseyour reading level
EL kal-ha-tsa-VA
- clause
ve-yo-AV EL kal-ha-tsa-VA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-yo-AV EL kal-ha-tsa-VA yis-ra-EL u-ve-na-YA ben-ye-ho-ya-DA al-ha-khi ha-khe-re-TI ve-al-ha-pe-le-TI
Exegesis
The verse uses the conjunction veyo’av {וְיוֹאָב | və-yō-’ā-ḇ} to introduce Joab as the new subject, followed by the prepositional phrase el kol-ha-tsava yisra’el {אֶל־כָּל־הַצָּבָא יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel kol-hā-ṣā-ḇāʾ yiś-rā-’ēl} denoting his authority over the army.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to struggle, wrestle”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:23
And Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and over the Pelethites.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 20:23, so the Hebrew word אֶ֥ל (el) 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.20.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.23.W2.S1) and character.