Zechariah 7:14:2Zech.7.14.W2TAB
עַ֤ל
al
“upon”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon
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
- phraseyour reading level
AL kol-ha-go-YIM
- clause
ve-e-sa-a-REM AL kol-ha-go-YIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM ve-ha-A-rets na-sha-MA a-kha-re-HEM me-o-VER u-mish-SHAV
- sentence
ve-e-sa-a-REM AL kol-ha-go-YIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM ve-ha-A-rets na-sha-MA a-kha-re-HEM me-o-VER u-mish-SHAV va-ya-si-MU E-rets-khem-DA le-sha-MA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal kol-hag-gō-yim {עַ֤ל כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ | ʿal kol-hag-gō-yim} ‘among all the nations’ specifies the spatial extent of the scattering.
In context — Zechariah 7:14
And I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was desolate after them, so that none passed through or returned. They made the pleasant land a desolation .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 7:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Zechariah 7:14, so the Hebrew word עַ֤ל (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 Zech.7.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.7.14.W2.S1) and character.