Judges 20:9:7Judg.20.9.W7TAB
עָלֶ֖יהָ
aleha
“against it”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HA
- Extended
- aa-leh-HAA
- IPA
- /ʕɔːlɛˈhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against 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
- clause
a-le-HA be-go-RAL
- sentence
ve-a-TA ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER na-a-SE la-giv-A a-le-HA be-go-RAL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-givah {לַגִּבְעָה | la-gibbāh} ‘to Gibeah’ combined with aleha {עָלֶיהָ | ʿā-le-hā} ‘against it’ indicates the target, and the final clause be-goral {בְּגוֹרָל | bə-gōrāl} ‘by lot’ denotes the decision method typical of Israelite procedure for divine guidance. The sequence topic + relative clause + main clause yields a deliberative tone akin to council speech in Judges.
In context — Judges 20:9
And now this is the matter that we will do to Gibeah; against it we will go by lot .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:9, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֖יהָ (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.20.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.9.W7.S1) and character.