Isaiah 18:4:12Isa.18.4.W12TAB
עֲלֵי־א֔וֹר
aleor
“over light or in sunshine”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-OR
- Extended
- ah-LEE-OHR
- IPA
- /ʕăleːˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- over light or in sunshine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LE-OR
- clause
ke-KHOM TSAKH a-LE-OR ke-AV TAL be-KHOM ka-TSIR
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI ke-KHOM TSAKH a-LE-OR ke-AV TAL be-KHOM ka-TSIR
In context — Isaiah 18:4
For thus the LORD said to me, “I will be quiet and I will observe from My dwelling place, like clear heat upon the light, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Isaiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵי־א֔וֹר (aleor) 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 Isa.18.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.4.W12.S1) and character.