1 Samuel 17:45:61 Sam.17.45.W6TAB
אֵלַ֔י
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- E-lai
- Extended
- EH-lai
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːlaj/
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
BA E-lai
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-pe-lish-TI a-TA BA E-lai be-KHE-rev u-va-kha-NIT u-ve-khi-DON
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-pe-lish-TI a-TA BA E-lai be-KHE-rev u-va-kha-NIT u-ve-khi-DON ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
Exegesis
The emphatic conjunction wə-ʾānōḵî {וְאָנֹכִ֣י | wə-ʾānōḵî} “but I” and the parallel participle bāʾ-ʾēlêkā {בָֽא־אֵלֶ֗יךָ | bāʾ-ʾēlêkā} “I come to you” set up a rhetorical contrast.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:45
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin , but I come against you in the name of the LORD of hosts , the God of the ranks of Israel , whom you have defied .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:45:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:45, 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 Sam.17.45.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.45.W6.S1) and character.