1 Kings 22:14:91 Kgs.22.14.W9TAB
אֵלַ֣י
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- e-LAI
- Extended
- ee-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
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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
e-LAI o-TO
- sentence
KHAI-ye-ho-VAH KI ET a-SHER yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-LAI o-TO a-da-BER
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase elai {אֵלַי | ʾê·lai} ‘to me’ with pronoun oto {אֹתוֹ | ʾō·ṯō} ‘it’ completes the object, and the Piel imperfect adaber {אֲדַבֵּר | ʾă·dab·bēr} ‘I will speak’ expresses Micaiah’s determined response. The Hebrew’s relative clause structure emphasizes fidelity to God’s word, preserved through subordinate phrasing in English.
In context — 1 Kings 22:14
Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives , whatever the LORD says to me, that I will speak.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 22:14, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֣י (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.22.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.14.W9.S1) and character.