Exodus 18:8:10Exod.18.8.W10TAB
עַ֖ל
al
“for”
- Transliteration
- al
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- for
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
al
- clause
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The topical phrase al odot Yisrael {עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal ʾō-ḏōṯ yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘concerning reports of Israel’ shifts focus to Israel’s experiences.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-he
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Exodus 18:8
And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had met them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 18:8, so the Hebrew word עַ֖ל (al) 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.18.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W10.S1) and character.