Daniel 4:34:9Dan.4.34.W9TABWLC Daniel 4:31

עֲלַ֣י

alai

to me

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

Meaning by language

English
to me

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Result
עֲ + לַ֣י
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

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-LAI ye-TUV

  3. sentence

    u-le-KTSAT yo-ma-YA a-NA ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR a-NAI lish-ma-YA nit-LET u-man-de-I a-LAI ye-TUV ve-le-i-LA u-le-i-la-A bar-KHET u-le-KHAI ol-ma shab-KHET ve-had-RET DI shal-ta-NEH shal-TAN a-LAM u-mal-khu-TEH im-DAR ve-DAR

Exegesis

The next clause, umanddaʿi ʿalay yetuv {וּמַנְדַּעִי עֲלַי יְתוּב | û-man-dā-ʿî ʿă-lay yə-ṯûḇ}, has the noun mandāʿi ‘my understanding’ as the subject, with yetuv ‘returned’ in third person masculine singular agreeing with it, and ʿalay ‘upon me’ marking the beneficiary; thus “my understanding returned to me.”

Root and etymology

ʿ-l-yayin–lamed–yod

to be high, exalted

In contextDaniel 4:34

And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me. Then I blessed the Most High , and I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.

About this coordinate

Daniel 4:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 4:34, so the Hebrew word עֲלַ֣י (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.4.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.34.W9.S1) and character.