Job 21:27:5Job.21.27.W5TAB

עָלַ֥י

alai

against me

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

Meaning by language

English
against me

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Result
עָ + לַ֥י
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. phraseyour reading level

    a-LAI takh-MO-su

  3. clause

    u-me-zim-MOT a-LAI takh-MO-su

  4. sentence

    HEN ya-DAT-ti makh-she-vo-TE-khem u-me-zim-MOT a-LAI takh-MO-su

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase alai {עָלַי | ʿă-lay} ‘against me’ marks the target of hostility.

In contextJob 21:27

Behold, I have known your thoughts and the schemes against me that you devise to wrong me.

About this coordinate

Job 21:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:27, 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.21.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.27.W5.S1) and character.