1 Samuel 22:8:181 Sam.22.8.W18TAB
עָלַ֛י
alai
“against me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- aa-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- against me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
a-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
KI he-KIM be-NI et-av-DI a-LAI
- clause
KI he-KIM be-NI et-av-DI a-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
KI ke-shar-TEM kul-le-KHEM a-LAI ve-EN-GO-le et-OZ-ni bik-RAT-be-NI im-BEN-yi-SHAI ve-EN-KHO-le mik-KHEM a-LAI ve-GO-le et-OZ-ni KI he-KIM be-NI et-av-DI a-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
In context — 1 Samuel 22:8
Because you have conspired against me, and no one reveals to my ear that my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and none of you cares for me or alerts me that my son has set my servant against me to lie in wait today.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 22:8, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֛י (alai) 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.22.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.8.W18.S1) and character.