Jeremiah 15:1:3Jer.15.1.W3TAB

אֵלַ֔י

elai

to me

Transliteration
e-LAI
Extended
eh-LAI
IPA
/ʔeːˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
to me

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Result
אֵ + לַ֔י
e + lai
elai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
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

    e-LAI

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI im-ya-a-MOD mo-SHE u-she-mu-EL le-fa-NAI EN naf-SHI el-ha-AM ha-ZE

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI im-ya-a-MOD mo-SHE u-she-mu-EL le-fa-NAI EN naf-SHI el-ha-AM ha-ZE shal-LAKH me-al-pa-NAI ve-ye-tsE-U

Exegesis

YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} is the speaker, directing the address through elai {אֵלַי | ʾē-lai} ‘to me’.

In contextJeremiah 15:1

And the LORD said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people; send them away from My face, and let them go out.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 15:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 15:1, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֔י (elai) 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 Jer.15.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.1.W3.S1) and character.