Judges 18:5:11Judg.18.5.W11TAB
עָלֶֽיהָ׃
aleha
“on it”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-ha
- Extended
- aa-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlɛhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
- clause
ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO she-AL-NA ve-e-lo-HIM ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
Exegesis
The prepositional suffix in aleha {עָלֶֽיהָ | ’ā·lê·hā} ‘upon it’ emphasizes motion along that specified path.
In context — Judges 18:5
And they said to him, “Please inquire of God for us, so that we may know whether our way on which we are going will succeed.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 18:5, so the Hebrew word עָלֶֽיהָ׃ (aleha) 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 Judg.18.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.5.W11.S1) and character.