Exodus 18:9:3Exod.18.9.W3TAB
עַ֚ל
al
“for”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ˈʕal/
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
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AL
- clause
va-yi-KHAD yit-RO AL kol-ha-to-VA a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAD yit-RO AL kol-ha-to-VA a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo miy-YAD mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal kol-haṭṭôvāh {עַל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָה | ʿal kāl-ha-ṭô-vāh} ‘over all the goodness’ functions as the object of rejoicing, combining the universal quantifier kol with the definite noun to present YHWH’s actions as a totality.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-he
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Exodus 18:9
And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that the LORD had done for Israel, for He had rescued them from the hand of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:9, so the Hebrew word עַ֚ל (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.18.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.9.W3.S1) and character.