2 Kings 19:27:72 Kgs.19.27.W7TAB
אֵלָֽי׃
elai
“against me”
- Transliteration
- e-LAI
- Extended
- ee-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- against 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
e-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
hit-ra-GEZ-kha e-LAI
- clause
ve-ET hit-ra-GEZ-kha e-LAI
- sentence
ve-shiv-TE-kha ve-tse-ET-kha u-VO-a-kha ya-DA-TE ve-ET hit-ra-GEZ-kha e-LAI
Exegesis
The prepositional suffix in elai {אֵלָי | ʾê-lāy} personalizes the action toward the speaker. The English rendering preserves the sequence while combining parallel elements for readability and maintaining the cumulative force of divine omniscience over all human actions.
In context — 2 Kings 19:27
I have known your sitting , and your going out and your coming in, and your raging against Me .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 19:27, so the Hebrew word אֵלָֽי׃ (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.19.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.27.W7.S1) and character.