Job 19:6:5Job.19.6.W5TAB
עָלַ֥י
alai
“upon me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- aa-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon 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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Word in context
- word
a-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAI hi-KIF
- clause
u-me-tsu-DO a-LAI hi-KIF
- sentence
de-U-E-FO KI-e-lo-A i-ve-TA-ni u-me-tsu-DO a-LAI hi-KIF
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase alai {עָלַ֥י | ʿālây} ‘upon me’ precedes the verb hiqif {הִקִּֽיף | hiqqîp̄} ‘He has surrounded’, emphasizing Job’s entrapment. The translation maintains the imperative force, causal linkage, and dual imagery of legal perversion and enclosure.
In context — Job 19:6
Know, then, that God has overturned my cause, and He has encircled His net around me.
About this coordinate
Job 19:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 19:6, 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.19.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.6.W5.S1) and character.