Job 16:15:3Job.16.15.W3TAB
עֲלֵ֣י
ale
“upon”
- Transliteration
- a-LE
- Extended
- ah-LEE
- IPA
- /ʕăˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LE
- clause
SAK ta-FAR-ti a-LE gil-DI
- sentence
SAK ta-FAR-ti a-LE gil-DI ve-o-LAL-ti ve-a-FAR kar-NI
Exegesis
The first clause places the object saq {שַׂק | śaq} ‘sackcloth’ before the verb tafarti {תָּפַרְתִּי | tāfar·tî} ‘I have sewn’, giving prominence to the mourning garment as the controlling image; the prepositional phrase aley gildi {עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי | ʿălê gil·dî} ‘upon my skin’ intensifies the lament by making the affliction immediate and bodily.
In context — Job 16:15
I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin, and I have laid my horn in the dust.
About this coordinate
Job 16:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 16:15, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵ֣י (ale) 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.16.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.15.W3.S1) and character.