Isaiah 14:2:7Isa.14.2.W7TAB
עַ֚ל
al
“upon”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon
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
u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT
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u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT ve-ha-YU sho-VIM le-sho-VE-hem ve-ra-DU be-nog-se-HEM
Exegesis
Next, vehitnachalum {וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּם | və-hit-na-ḥa-lûm} in the Hitpael stem ‘and they shall possess themselves as an inheritance’ links to the subject beit-yisrael {בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | bēt-yiś-rā-ʾēl} and locative al admat YHWH {עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה | ʿal ʾaḏ-maṯ yə-hō-wāh}, marking a covenantal land grant.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hʿayin–lamed–he
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Isaiah 14:2
The peoples will pick them up and escort them to their place, and the house of Israel will take possession of them in the land of the LORD as servants and maidservants; and they will take captive those who once held them captive, and they will govern their oppressors .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 14:2, 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 Isa.14.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.2.W7.S1) and character.