Job 13:21:2Job.13.21.W2TAB
מֵעָלַ֣י
mealai
“from upon me”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAI
- Extended
- mee-ah-LAI
- IPA
- /meː.ʕaˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-LAI
- clause
KAP-pe-kha me-a-LAI har-KHAK
- sentence
KAP-pe-kha me-a-LAI har-KHAK ve-e-MAT-kha al-te-va-a-TA-ni
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase מֵעָלַי {מֵעָלַי | mē-ʿālay} ‘from upon me’ specifies removal from a burdensome, overlying position, sharpening the image of oppressive proximity.
In context — Job 13:21
Put far Your hand from upon me, and let not Your terror terrify me.
About this coordinate
Job 13:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 13:21, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלַ֣י (mealai) 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 Job.13.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.21.W2.S1) and character.