Isaiah 14:22:2Isa.14.22.W2TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
alehem
“against them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕăleːˈhɛm/
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-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kam-TI a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-kam-TI a-le-HEM ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
ve-kam-TI a-le-HEM ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-hikh-rat-TI le-va-VEL SHEM u-she-AR ve-NIN va-NE-khed ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿă-lê-hem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hêm} ‘against them’ specifies the target of divine action.
Root and etymology
ayin–waw–lamed
“yoke”
In context — Isaiah 14:22
“For I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts , “and I will cut off from Babylon the name , and the remnant, and the descendant, and the posterity,” declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 14:22, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (alehem) 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.14.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.22.W2.S1) and character.