עָלַ֛י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָלַ֛י

   a-LAI

   concerning me or about me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הֽוּא־דִבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֛י

   hu-di-BER a-LAI

   he spoke concerning me or about me
3. clause🔊 וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ שִׁלֹ֗ה הִנֵּה־שָׁם֙ אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא הֽוּא־דִבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֛י לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃

   ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE

   and go to Shiloh behold, there Ahijah the prophet he spoke concerning me or about me to be king over the people this
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יָרָבְעָ֜ם לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ ק֤וּמִי נָא֙ וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית וְלֹ֣א יֵֽדְע֔וּ כִּי־אתי אַ֖תְּ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ שִׁלֹ֗ה הִנֵּה־שָׁם֙ אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא הֽוּא־דִבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֛י לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃

   va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE

   and he said Jeroboam to his wife arise please and disguise yourself and not they will know that you you wife of Jeroboam and go to Shiloh behold, there Ahijah the prophet he spoke concerning me or about me to be king over the people this

Exegesis

The emphatic pronoun hu-diber {הֽוּא־דִבֶּ֥ר | hû’ dibbēr} ‘he spoke’ clarifies agency, and the prepositional phrases alai lemelech al-ha’am hazeh {עָלַ֛י לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃ | ‘ālāy lemeleḵ ‘al-hā‘ām hazzēh} ‘concerning me to be king over this people’ convey the prophetic content. The English translation renders the Hebrew sequence smoothly, balancing directness and narrative coherence.