1 Kings 18:30:51 Kgs.18.30.W5TAB
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
ge-SHU e-LAI
- clause
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu le-khol-ha-AM ge-SHU e-LAI va-yig-ge-SHU khol-ha-AM e-LAV
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu le-khol-ha-AM ge-SHU e-LAI va-yig-ge-SHU khol-ha-AM e-LAV va-ye-ra-PE et-miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH he-ha-RUS
Exegesis
Elijah’s address uses the dative phrase lekol-haam {לְכָל־הָעָם | lə-kāl-hā-ʿām} ‘to all the people’ and the imperative geshu {גְּשׁוּ | gəšû} ‘come near’ paired with the directional complement elai {אֵלַי | ʾē-lāy} ‘to me’, inviting collective participation.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:30
And Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people drew near to him. Then he restored the altar of the LORD that had been torn down .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:30, 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 Kgs.18.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.30.W5.S1) and character.