2 Samuel 14:9:52 Sam.14.9.W5TAB
עָלַ֞י
alai
“upon me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- aa-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
a-LAI
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA hat-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh a-LAI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh he-a-VON ve-al-BET a-VI
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA hat-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh a-LAI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh he-a-VON ve-al-BET a-VI ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-khis-O na-KI
Exegesis
A paired prepositional construction alay ’ăḏōnî hammēleḵ {עָלַי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʿālay ʾăḏōnî hammēleḵ} ‘upon me, my lord the king’ assigns guilt while employing adoni as an honorific.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:9
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “May the guilt be on me and on my father’s house; but the king and his throne shall be innocent .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 14:9, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֞י (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 Sam.14.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.9.W5.S1) and character.