Job 16:10:8Job.16.10.W8TAB
עָלַ֥י
alai
“against me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- aa-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- against me
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAI yit-mal-LA-un
- clause
ya-KHAD a-LAI yit-mal-LA-un
- sentence
pa-a-RU a-LAI be-fi-HEM be-KHER-pa hik-KU le-kha-YAI ya-KHAD a-LAI yit-mal-LA-un
Exegesis
The opening perfect verb paaru {פָּעֲר֬וּ | pāʿărû} ‘they have gaped’ is immediately focused by alai {עָלַ֨י | ʿālay} ‘against me,’ and the prepositional phrase befihhem {בְּפִיהֶ֗ם | bə-pî-hem} ‘in their mouth’ paints a vivid image of public derision.
The final line shifts from individual acts to coordinated opposition: yachad {יַ֝֗חַד | yaḥad} ‘together’ front-loads the collective force, alai {עָלַ֥י | ʿālay} reiterates the target for emphasis, and the Hitpael imperfect yitmallaun {יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן | yitmallāʾûn} ‘they gather themselves’ portrays an ongoing, self-mustering movement. The formal rendering preserves the step-by-step sequence; the dynamic rendering expresses the mouth-gaping idiom as jeering while keeping the escalation from ridicule to physical abuse to unified hostility.
In context — Job 16:10
They have gaped at me with their mouths; with reproach they have struck my cheeks; together against me they assemble .
About this coordinate
Job 16:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Job 16:10, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֥י (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 Job.16.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.10.W8.S1) and character.