וְעָלַ֗י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְעָלַ֗י

   ve-a-LAI

   and to me
2. clause🔊 וְעָלַ֗י יָב֛וֹא כָּל־אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִ֥יב וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו׃

   ve-a-LAI ya-VO kal-ISH a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT ve-hits-dak-TIV

   and to me he will come every man who will have for him a dispute and a judgment or legal case and I would declare him right
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מִי־יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי שֹׁפֵ֖ט בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְעָלַ֗י יָב֛וֹא כָּל־אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִ֥יב וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו׃

   va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets ve-a-LAI ya-VO kal-ISH a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT ve-hits-dak-TIV

   and he said Absalom who will set me judge in the land and to me he will come every man who will have for him a dispute and a judgment or legal case and I would declare him right

Exegesis

The coordinating ve-‘alāy {וְעָלַ֗י | wə-ʿalāy} ‘and to me’ introduces a protasis in which yāḇōʾ {יָב֛וֹא | yāḇōʾ} ‘would come’ and the bound relative clause ašer-yihyêh-lō-rîḇ {אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִ֥יב | ʾăšer-yihyêh-lō-rîḇ} ‘who has a dispute’ sets a distributive scenario with kol-ʾîš {כָּל־אִ֛ישׁ | kol-ʾîš} ‘every man’.