1 Samuel 14:34:81 Sam.14.34.W8TAB
אֵלַי֩
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham
In context — 1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word אֵלַי֩ (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 Sam.14.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W8.S1) and character.