Genesis 14:15:2Gen.14.15.W2TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם
aleihem
“against them”
- Transliteration
- a-lei-HEM
- Extended
- ah-lee-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕă.leːˈhɛm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la
- clause
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM
- sentence
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM va-yir-de-FEM ad-kho-VA a-SHER mis-se-MOL le-dam-ma-SEK
Exegesis
This is immediately followed by the prepositional phrase alehem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘against them’, which specifies the direction and target of the maneuver.
In context — Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants , and he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah , which is to the north of Damascus.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 14:15, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם (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 Gen.14.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.15.W2.S1) and character.