1 Kings 15:19:201 Kgs.15.19.W20TAB
מֵעָלָֽי׃
mealai
“from upon me, from me”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAI
- Extended
- mee-ah-LAI
- IPA
- /meːʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon me, from me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-LAI
- clause
hin-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA SHO-khad KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-PE-ra et-be-RIT-kha et-ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
- sentence
be-RIT be-NI u-ve-NE-kha BEN a-VI u-VEN a-VI-kha hin-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA SHO-khad KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-PE-ra et-be-RIT-kha et-ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
Exegesis
Finally, the verb veyya‘aleh me‘alai {וְיַעֲלֶה מֵעָלָי | wə-ya-ʿă-lêh mê-ʿā-lāy} uses the idiom ‘to go up’ for ‘withdraw,’ signifying Baasha’s departure.
In context — 1 Kings 15:19
A covenant exists between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:19:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Kings 15:19, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלָֽי׃ (mealai) 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 Kgs.15.19.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.19.W20.S1) and character.