1 Samuel 17:8:201 Sam.17.8.W20TAB

אֵלָֽי׃

elai

to me

Transliteration
e-LAI
Extended
ee-LAI
IPA
/ʔeːˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
to me

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Result
אֵ + לָֽי׃
e + lai
elai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-LAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ye-RED e-LAI

  3. clause

    ha-lo a-no-KHI ha-pe-lish-TI ve-a-TEM a-va-DIM le-sha-UL be-RU-la-KHEM ISH ve-ye-RED e-LAI

  4. sentence

    va-ya-a-MOD va-yik-RA el-ma-a-re-KHOT yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER la-HEM la-MA te-tse-U la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ha-lo a-no-KHI ha-pe-lish-TI ve-a-TEM a-va-DIM le-sha-UL be-RU-la-KHEM ISH ve-ye-RED e-LAI

In context1 Samuel 17:8

He stood and summoned Israel’s ranks and addressed them, “Why have you come out to arrange battle ? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants of Saul ? Select one man from among you and let him come down to confront me.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:8:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Samuel 17:8, so the Hebrew word אֵלָֽי׃ (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.17.8.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.8.W20.S1) and character.