1 Kings 22:16:101 Kgs.22.16.W10TAB
אֵלַ֖י
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
a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI
- clause
a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-ME-lekh ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM a-NI mash-bi-e-KHA a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by ʾăšer lōʾ-tᵊḏabbēr ʾēlāy raq ʾĕmeṯ {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תְדַבֵּר אֵלַי רַק אֱמֶת | ʾăšer lōʾ-tᵊḏabbēr ʾēlāy raq ʾĕmeṯ} ‘that you speak to me nothing except truth’ sets the oath’s content.
In context — 1 Kings 22:16
And the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear that you will not speak to me except the truth in the name of the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 22:16, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֖י (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.22.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.16.W10.S1) and character.