2 Kings 16:7:192 Kgs.16.7.W19TAB
עָלָֽי׃
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAI
- clause
a-LE ve-ho-shi-E-ni mi-KAF ME-lekh-a-RAM u-mi-KAF ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-ko-MIM a-LAI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH a-KHAZ mal-a-KHIM el-tig-LAT pe-LE-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR av-de-KHA u-vin-KHA a-NI a-LE ve-ho-shi-E-ni mi-KAF ME-lekh-a-RAM u-mi-KAF ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-ko-MIM a-LAI
In context — 2 Kings 16:7
Ahaz dispatched envoys to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, pleading, “I am your servant and your son. Rise up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rebelling against me.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:7:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word עָלָֽי׃ (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 2 Kgs.16.7.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.7.W19.S1) and character.