2 Samuel 21:22:22 Sam.21.22.W2TAB
אֵ֛לֶּה
eleh
“these”
- Transliteration
- E-leh
- Extended
- EE-leh
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːl.lɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- these
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-leh
- phraseyour reading level
et-AR-ba-at E-leh
- clause
et-AR-ba-at E-leh yul-le-DU le-ha-ra-FA be-GAT
- sentence
et-AR-ba-at E-leh yul-le-DU le-ha-ra-FA be-GAT va-yip-le-LU ve-YAD-da-VID u-ve-YAD a-va-DAI-v
Exegesis
The verse opens with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-} marking “these four” as the focus, followed by the numeral arba‘at {אַרְבַּעַת | ʾar-ba‛at} and demonstrative eleh {אֵלֶּה | ʾel-leh}.
Root and etymology
Rootʾaleph–lamed–he
“God”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:22
These four were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:22, so the Hebrew word אֵ֛לֶּה (eleh) 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.21.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.22.W2.S1) and character.