Exodus 14:3:9Exod.14.3.W9TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
ahleihem
“on them”
- Transliteration
- ah-LEI-hem
- Extended
- ah-LEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʕă.ˈleː.hem/
Meaning by language
- English
- on them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ah-LEI-hem
- phraseyour reading level
sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem
- clause
sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The perfect verb sagar {סָ֥גַר | sāgar} ‘has shut in’ takes alehem {עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ălê-hem} ‘upon them’ as its object, with hammidbar {הַמִּדְבָּֽר | hammiddāḇār} personified as agent. This shift from confusion to confinement underscores Pharaoh’s strategic outlook and heightens Israel’s vulnerability.
In context — Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say to the Israelites, “They are confused in the land, and the wilderness has shut them in.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 14:3, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (ahleihem) 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 Exod.14.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.3.W9.S1) and character.