Jeremiah 18:23:5Jer.18.23.W5TAB

עָלַי֙

alai

against me

Transliteration
a-LAI
Extended
aa-LAI
IPA
/ʕaːˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
against me

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Result
עָ + לַי֙
a + lai
alai

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    a-LAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-KOL-a-tsa-TAM a-LAI

  3. clause

    ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH ya-da-TA et-KOL-a-tsa-TAM a-LAI lam-MA-vet al-te-kha-PER al-a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TA-TAM mil-fe-NE-kha al-te-ME-khi

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH ya-da-TA et-KOL-a-tsa-TAM a-LAI lam-MA-vet al-te-kha-PER al-a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TA-TAM mil-fe-NE-kha al-te-ME-khi ve-ha-YU ve-yih-YU mukh-sha-LIM le-fa-NE-kha be-ET ap-KHA a-SE va-HEM

Exegesis

The perfect yadata {יָדַעְתָּ | yā-ḏaʿ-tā} takes the object-marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} plus kol atzatam {כָּל־עֲצָתָם | kôl ʿă-ṣā-ṯām} ‘all counsel,’ while alai {עָלַי | ʿā-lay} ‘against me’ and la-mavet {לַמָּוֶת | la-mā-weṯ} ‘for death’ specify hostile intent.

In contextJeremiah 18:23

But You, LORD , know all their designs against me for death; do not forgive their iniquity and do not blot out their sin from before You. Let them be overthrown before You; at the time of Your wrath, bring judgment upon them.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 18:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 18:23, so the Hebrew word עָלַי֙ (alai) 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.18.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.23.W5.S1) and character.