Daniel 8:16:4Dan.8.16.W4TAB
אוּלָ֑י
oolai
“Ulai”
- Transliteration
- oo-LAI
- Extended
- oo-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔuːˈlaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ulai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
BEN oo-LAI
- clause
va-esh-MA kol-a-DAM BEN oo-LAI
- sentence
va-esh-MA kol-a-DAM BEN oo-LAI va-yik-RA va-yoh-MAR gav-REE-EL ha-VEN leh-hal-LAZ et-ha-mar-E
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bēn ’ûlāy {בֵּ֣ן אוּלָ֑י | bēn ’ûlāy} provides the location ‘between Ulai’.
Root and etymology
y-b-l
“stream, watercourse”
In context — Daniel 8:16
And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called and said, “Gabriel , make this one understand the vision .”
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 8:16, so the Hebrew word אוּלָ֑י (oolai) 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.8.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.16.W4.S1) and character.