Job 19:12:5Job.19.12.W5TAB
עָלַ֣י
alai
“against me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- aa-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- against me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM
- clause
YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM
- sentence
YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM va-ya-kha-NU sa-VIV le-a-ho-LI
Exegesis
The phrase alai darkam {עָלַי דַּרְכָּם | ʿālay darkām} ‘against me their road’ foregrounds Job as the target.
In context — Job 19:12
Together they come, his troops heap up a road of attack against me, and they camp all around my tent.
About this coordinate
Job 19:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 19:12, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֣י (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.19.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.12.W5.S1) and character.