Isaiah 15:3:4Isa.15.3.W4TAB

עַ֣ל

al

upon

Transliteration
AL
Extended
AHL
IPA
/ʕal/

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. phraseyour reading level

    AL ga-ga-te-HA u-vir-kho-vo-te-HA

  3. clause

    AL ga-ga-te-HA u-vir-kho-vo-te-HA ku-LO ye-ye-LIL yo-RED ba-be-KHI

  4. sentence

    be-khu-tso-TAV kha-ge-RU SAK AL ga-ga-te-HA u-vir-kho-vo-te-HA ku-LO ye-ye-LIL yo-RED ba-be-KHI

In contextIsaiah 15:3

In its streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its open squares every one wails, going down in weeping .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 15:3, so the Hebrew word עַ֣ל (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.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.3.W4.S1) and character.