Daniel 4:36:10Dan.4.36.W10TABWLC Daniel 4:33
עֲלַ֔י
alai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- ah-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕăˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced '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
- phraseyour reading level
ye-TOOV a-LAI
- sentence
beh-HAH-zim-NAA mahn-DEH-ee ye-TOOV a-LAI veh-li-KAR mal-khoo-TEE had-RI veh-zi-VI ye-TOOV a-LAI veh-LI had-da-VRAI veh-rav-reh-va-NAI ye-va-ON veh-ahl-mal-khoo-TEE hoh-tek-NAT oo-reh-VOO ya-ti-RA ho-se-FAT LI
Exegesis
The following clause presents a simple pattern: subject מַנְדְּעִי {מַנְדְּעִי | man-de-ʿî} “my understanding,” verb יְתֻב {יְתֻב | yə-tuḇ} “returned,” and prepositional phrase עֲלַי {עֲלַי | ʿa-lay} “upon me.” In Biblical Aramaic narrative, the imperfect can describe past events, and here it foregrounds the sudden restoration of the king’s rational capacity.
The next clause broadens the scope from inner restoration to royal standing: ûlikar malkhuti hadri vəzivi yetub ʿalay {וּלִיקַר מַלְכוּתִי הַדְרִי וְזִיוִי יְתֻב עֲלַי | û-li-qar mal-khū-tî had-rî və-zî-vî yə-tuḇ ʿa-lay}. The prepositional phrase וּלִיקַר מַלְכוּתִי “for the glory of my kingdom” precedes the coordinated subjects הַדְרִי וְזִיוִי “my majesty and my splendor,” which share the single verb יְתֻב. This creates a compact parallelism in which internal sanity and outward royal dignity are restored together, and it highlights that the restoration serves the public “glory” or honor of the monarchy.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-yayin–lamed–yod
“to be high, exalted”
In context — Daniel 4:36
At that time my understanding returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom my majesty and my splendor returned to me. Then my counselors and my nobles sought me out, and I was established in my kingdom, and surpassing greatness was added to me.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:36:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 4:36, so the Hebrew word עֲלַ֔י (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.4.36.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.36.W10.S1) and character.