2 Kings 22:15:112 Kgs.22.15.W11TAB
אֵלָֽי׃
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- E-lai
- Extended
- EE-lai
- IPA
- /ˈʔeː.laj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
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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
- clause
im-RU la-ISH a-sher-sha-LAKH et-KHEM E-lai
- sentence
va-TO-mer a-le-HEM ko-A-mar Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL im-RU la-ISH a-sher-sha-LAKH et-KHEM E-lai
Exegesis
The imperative imru {אִמְרוּ | ˈim-rû} ‘say’ directs the messenger, and the phrase laish asher-shalach etkhem elai {לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח אֶתְכֶם אֵלָי | lā-ˈʾîš ă-šer-ˈsha-laḥ ˌet-ˈkhem ʾê-ˈlāy} ‘to the man who sent you to me’ specifies the addressee chain. The English preserves Hebrew word order and the formal oracular tone.
In context — 2 Kings 22:15
And she said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel : ‘Say to the man who sent you to Me .’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 22:15, 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.22.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.15.W11.S1) and character.