Jeremiah 20:2:12Jer.20.2.W12TAB
הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן
haelyon
“the upper”
- Transliteration
- ha-el-YON
- Extended
- haa-ehl-YOHN
- IPA
- /haːʕɛlˈjoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the upper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-el-YON
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yak-KE pash-khur ET yir-me-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Two nested relative clauses—first asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with beshaar binyamin haelyon {בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן הָעֶלְיוֹן | bə-šaʿ-ar bin-yā-mîn hā-ʿel-yôn} ‘in the upper Benjamin Gate,’ then asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with bbeit YHWH {בְּבֵית יְהוָה | bə-ḇêṯ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the house of the LORD’—precisely locates the scene at the sanctuary entrance. This structure underscores the interplay of civil and sacred authority at the city gate.
In context — Jeremiah 20:2
And Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and he put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 20:2, so the Hebrew word הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן (haelyon) 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 Jer.20.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.2.W12.S1) and character.