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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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
a-LAI takh-MO-su
- clause
u-me-zim-MOT a-LAI takh-MO-su
- 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 context — Job 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.