Job 19:5:2Job.19.5.W2TAB

עָלַ֣י

alai

against me or upon me

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

Meaning by language

English
against me or upon me

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Result
עָ + לַ֣י
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. clause

    im-A-menam a-LAI tag-DI-lu

  3. sentence

    im-A-menam a-LAI tag-DI-lu ve-to-KHI-khu a-LAI kher-pa-TI

Exegesis

alai {עָלַ֣י ... עָ֝לַ֗י | ʿā-lay ... ʿā-lay} ‘against me ... against me’ bracket the two verb clauses and focus the accusation on Job.

In contextJob 19:5

If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and you make my reproach a case against me.

About this coordinate

Job 19:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:5, 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.19.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.5.W2.S1) and character.