Numbers 13:24:6Num.13.24.W6TAB
עַ֚ל
al
“because of”
- Transliteration
- al
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
al
- clause
al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
la-ma-KOM ha-HU ka-RA NA-khal esh-KOL al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The causal preposition ʿal {עַ֚ל | ʿal} ‘because of’ introduces the motive clause with the construct noun ʼōḏōṯ {אֹד֣וֹת | ʼō-ḏōṯ} ‘accounts’ and its object hā-ʾeš-kōl {הָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל | hā-ʾeš-kōl} ‘the cluster’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hayin-lamed-he
“to ascend”
In context — Numbers 13:24
That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut off from there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 13:24, so the Hebrew word עַ֚ל (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 Num.13.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.24.W6.S1) and character.