Exodus 18:11:10Exod.18.11.W10TAB
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
aleihem
“against them”
- Transliteration
- a-lei-HEM
- Extended
- ah-lei-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕa.leː.ˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against 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
a-lei-HEM
- clause
KI ba-DA-var a-SHER za-DU a-lei-HEM
- sentence
a-TAH ya-da-TEE ki-ga-DOL Ye-ho-VAH mi-KOL-ha-e-lo-HIM KI ba-DA-var a-SHER za-DU a-lei-HEM
Exegesis
The second ki leads into the causal clause introduced by the prepositional phrase baddavar {בַדָּבָר | bad-dā-ḇār} ‘in the very matter’, with the relative particle asher linking to zadu {זָדוּ | zā-ḏû} ‘they acted arrogantly’ and its object aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘against them’. The Hebrew text implies a result, which is rendered in English as “He proved Himself above them,” making explicit the LORD’s decisive supremacy.
In context — Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because in the very matter in which they acted arrogantly against them, He proved Himself above them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 18:11, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (aleihem) 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.18.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.11.W10.S1) and character.