Deuteronomy 20:19:11Deut.20.19.W11TAB
עָלָיו֙
alav
“against it”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- aa-LAHV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlav/
Meaning by language
- English
- against it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
lin-DO-akh a-LAV
- clause
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MIM ra-BIM le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA le-taf-SA lo-tash-KHIT et-ei-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mi-me-NU to-KHEL ve-o-TO LO tikh-ROT
- sentence
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MIM ra-BIM le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA le-taf-SA lo-tash-KHIT et-ei-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mi-me-NU to-KHEL ve-o-TO LO tikh-ROT kee ha-a-DAM EITS ha-sa-DEH la-VO mi-pa-NE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
In context — Deuteronomy 20:19
When you lay siege to a city for many days, fighting against it to capture it, you shall not ruin its tree by swinging an axe against it, because you may eat from it. You shall not cut it down, for is a tree of the field a person to come before you in the siege?
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 20:19, so the Hebrew word עָלָיו֙ (alav) 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 Deut.20.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.19.W11.S1) and character.