2 Kings 18:14:122 Kgs.18.14.W12TAB

עָלַ֖י

alai

upon me

Transliteration
a-LAI
Extended
aa-LAI
IPA
/ʕaːˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
upon me

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Result
עָ + לַ֖י
a + lai
alai

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV

Exegesis

The object clause et-asher-titten-alai-esa {אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תִּתֵּן עָלַי אֶשָּׂא | ʾēt ʾăšer-teṯən ʿalāy ʾesśāʾ} binds a relative pronoun plus imperfect verb to the speaker’s willing acceptance.

In context2 Kings 18:14

And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned. Withdraw from me, and whatever you impose upon me I will bear.” Then the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah, king of Judah, three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 18:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֖י (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.18.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.14.W12.S1) and character.