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

Result
מֵ + עָ + לָֽי׃
me + a + lai
mealai

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-a-LAI

  2. 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

  3. 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 context1 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.