1 Samuel 21:2:91 Sam.21.2.W9TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:3
אֵלַ֗י
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- E-lai
- Extended
- EE-lai
- IPA
- /ˈʔeː.laj/
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
va-YO-mer E-lai
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI al-mo-NI
Exegesis
The Qal perfect khadar {חָדַר | ḥā-ḏār} conveys a completed royal commission directed to David by lî {לִּי | lî}.
The prohibition al-yē-ḏa‘ {אַל־יֵדַע | ’al-yē-ḏa‘} + imperfect, coupled with adam {אָדָם | ’ā-ḏām} ‘man’ and māh-’ă-nî {מַה־אֲנִי | māh-’ă-nî} ‘what I am’, signals a firm command against disclosing the mission šĕ-la-ḥtî-kha {שְׁלַחְתִּיךָ | šĕ-la-ḥtî-kha}.
In context — 1 Samuel 21:2
And David answered Ahimelech the priest at that time and said to him, “The king has charged me and said to me, ‘Let no one know what I have sent you to do.’ And I said to my men, ‘Hide me in a place.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 21:2, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֗י (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.21.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.2.W9.S1) and character.