1 Chronicles 22:8:21 Chr.22.8.W2TAB
עָלַ֤י
alai
“upon me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- aa-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
a-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI a-LAI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI a-LAI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR DAM la-ROV sha-FAKH-ta u-mil-kha-MOT ge-do-LOT a-SI-ta
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-LAI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR DAM la-ROV sha-FAKH-ta u-mil-kha-MOT ge-do-LOT a-SI-ta lo-TIV-ne BA-yit lish-MI KI da-MIM ra-BIM sha-FAKH-ta AR-tsa le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
The recipient is highlighted by the fronted prepositional phrase ʿalāy {עָלַי | ʿalāy} ‘upon me’, followed by the construct chain dəḇar-YHWH {דְּבַר־יְהוָה | dəḇar-YHWH} ‘word of the LORD’, presenting the message as originating from YHWH rather than the speaker.
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:8
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “You have shed blood in abundance, and you have done great wars. You shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 22:8, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֤י (alai) 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.22.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.8.W2.S1) and character.