Genesis 18:30:6Gen.18.30.W6TAB

אוּלַ֛י

ulai

perhaps

Transliteration
u-LAI
Extended
oo-LAI
IPA
/ʔuˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
perhaps

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Result
אוּ + לַ֛י
u + lai
ulai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
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

    u-LAI

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM

Exegesis

The particle ulai {אוּלַי | ʾû-lay} ‘perhaps’ introduces a concessive-conditional nuance, and the Niphal imperfect yimmatse’un {יִמָּצְאוּן | yim-mā-ṣə-ʾûn} ‘they may be found’ presents the righteous as a group whose presence might emerge within the city.

In contextGenesis 18:30

And he said, “Please, do not let Your anger burn, O Lord , and let me speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:30, so the Hebrew word אוּלַ֛י (ulai) 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 Gen.18.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.30.W6.S1) and character.