Daniel 4:17:21Dan.4.17.W21TABWLC Daniel 4:14

עֲלַ֑יהּ׃

alai

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Transliteration
a-LAI
Extended
ah-LAI
IPA
/ʕăˈlajh/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
עֲ + לַ֑יהּ׃
a + lai
alai

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ye-KEEM a-LAI

  3. clause

    ad-DIV-rat DEE yin-deh-OON kha-na-YA dee-sha-LIT i-la-AA beh-mal-KHOOT e-no-SHA oo-leh-mahn-DEE yits-BEH yit-ni-NAH oo-sheh-FAL ah-nah-SHEEM ye-KEEM a-LAI

  4. sentence

    beh-geh-ZE-raht ee-REEN pit-ga-MAH oo-meh-MAR ka-di-SHEEN sheh-EL-TAH ad-DIV-rat DEE yin-deh-OON kha-na-YA dee-sha-LIT i-la-AA beh-mal-KHOOT e-no-SHA oo-leh-mahn-DEE yits-BEH yit-ni-NAH oo-sheh-FAL ah-nah-SHEEM ye-KEEM a-LAI

In contextDaniel 4:17

By the decree of the watchers the edict stands, and by the word of the holy ones the decision is fixed, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of mankind, and He gives it to whomever He wills, and He sets over it the lowliest of men.

About this coordinate

Daniel 4:17:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Daniel 4:17, so the Hebrew word עֲלַ֑יהּ׃ (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 Dan.4.17.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.17.W21.S1) and character.