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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
e-LAI
- 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
- 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 context — Jeremiah 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.