2 Kings 18:22:22 Kgs.18.22.W2TAB
אֵלַ֔י
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- e-LAI
- Extended
- eh-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI
- clause
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu
- sentence
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase elay {אֵלַ֔י | ʾêl-āy} ‘to me’ marks the addressee.
In context — 2 Kings 18:22
But if you say to me, “In the LORD our God we have trusted”—is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, and who said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem’?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֔י (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 2 Kgs.18.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.22.W2.S1) and character.