Exodus 20:25:10Exod.20.25.W10TAB
עָלֶ֖יהָ
aleha
“upon it”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-ha
- Extended
- ah-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʕaˈleha/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha
- clause
KEE khar-be-KHAH he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha va-te-khal-LE-ha
- sentence
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET KEE khar-be-KHAH he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha va-te-khal-LE-ha
Exegesis
The causal clause kī kharbekha henaphta aleiha {כִּ֧י חַרְבְּךָ֛ הֵנַ֥פְתָּ עָלֶ֖יהָ | kî ḥar-bə-ḵā hē-nap̄-tā ʿā-lê-hā} ‘for when you have swung your sword upon it’ links metal tools to cultic purity, and the vav-consecutive Piel vatechalleha {וַתְּחַֽלְלֶהָ׃ | wat-tə-ḥal-lə-hā} ‘and you profane it’ states the resulting desecration. The syntax’s protasis–apodosis–cause–result structure underscores the altar’s sanctity and the categorical nature of the prohibition.
In context — Exodus 20:25
And if you make an altar of stones for Me , you shall not build it with hewn stones, for if you lift your tool against it, you will profane it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 20:25, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֖יהָ (aleha) 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.20.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.25.W10.S1) and character.