אֵלָֽי׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵלָֽי׃

   e-LAI

   to me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלָֽי׃

   ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI

   and come to me
3. clause🔊 וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם וְיָקֻ֜מוּ וְיִֽתְהַלְּכ֥וּ בָאָ֛רֶץ וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ לְפִ֥י נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם וְיָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלָֽי׃

   ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI

   and I will send them and they shall rise and walk about the land and they shall write it according to their inheritance and come to me
4. sentence🔊 הָב֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה אֲנָשִׁ֖ים לַשָּׁ֑בֶט וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם וְיָקֻ֜מוּ וְיִֽתְהַלְּכ֥וּ בָאָ֛רֶץ וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ לְפִ֥י נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם וְיָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלָֽי׃

   ha-VOO la-KHEM she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM la-sha-VET ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI

   Provide for yourselves three men for each tribe and I will send them and they shall rise and walk about the land and they shall write it according to their inheritance and come to me

Exegesis

The final veyavo’u elay {וְיָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלָֽי | wə-yā-ḇō-’û ʾê-lāy} ‘and let them come to me’ completes the directive. In translation these vav-and sequences become distinct commands to preserve temporal flow and the link between land assessment and inheritance.

Root and etymology

ʾ-l🔊 א־לaleph–lamed

“God, mighty one”

• 🔊 אֱלֹהִיםElohimGodGen 1:1