Daniel 9:14:5Dan.9.14.W5TAB
עָלֵ֑ינוּ
alenu
“upon us”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-nu
- Extended
- ah-LEH-noo
- IPA
- /ʕaˈleːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-nu
- clause
va-yish-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ra-AA va-ye-vi-E-ha a-LE-nu
- sentence
va-yish-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ra-AA va-ye-vi-E-ha a-LE-nu kee-tsa-DEEK ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu al-kol-ma-a-SAAV a-SHER a-SA ve-LO sha-MA-nu be-ko-LO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases ʿālēnû {עָלֵינוּ | ʿā-lê-nû} ‘upon us’ and ʿal kol ma-ʿă-śāw {עַל־כָּל־מַעֲשָׂיו | ʿal kol ma-ʿă-śāw} ‘over all his works’ frame the universality of divine righteousness, expressed by ṣad-dîq {צַדִּיק | ṣad-dîq} ‘righteous.’
In context — Daniel 9:14
Therefore the LORD watched over the calamity and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He has done; yet we did not listen to His voice.
About this coordinate
Daniel 9:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 9:14, so the Hebrew word עָלֵ֑ינוּ (alenu) 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 Dan.9.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.14.W5.S1) and character.