Exodus 39:7:3Exod.39.7.W3TAB

עַ֚ל

al

upon

Transliteration
AL
Extended
AHL
IPA
/ˈʕal/

Meaning by language

English
upon

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    AL

  2. clause

    va-ya-SEM o-TAM AL kit-FOT ha-e-FOD av-NEI zik-ka-RON liv-NEI yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    va-ya-SEM o-TAM AL kit-FOT ha-e-FOD av-NEI zik-ka-RON liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE

Exegesis

The construct chain al kitpōt {עַל כִּתְפֹת | ʿal kitpōt} “upon shoulder pieces” with hāʾēpōd {הָאֵפֹד | hāʾēpōd} “the ephod” precisely locates the placement.

In contextExodus 39:7

And He placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses .

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 39:7, 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.39.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.7.W3.S1) and character.