1 Chronicles 13:12:91 Chr.13.12.W9TAB
אֵלַ֔י
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- e-LAI
- Extended
- ee-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
e-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-VI e-LAI
- clause
HEKH a-VI e-LAI ET a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yi-RA da-VID ET-ha-e-lo-HIM ba-YOM ha-HU le-MOR HEKH a-VI e-LAI ET a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The interrogative structure heikh avi elai {הֵיךְ אָבִיא אֵלַי | hēyikh ʾā-vî ʾē-lay} combines how with first-person imperfect to pose a rhetorical question of bringing the ark.
In context — 1 Chronicles 13:12
And on that day David feared God , and he said, “How shall I bring the ark of God to me?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 13:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 13:12, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֔י (elai) 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 1 Chr.13.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.12.W9.S1) and character.