Judges 13:6:9Judg.13.6.W9TAB
אֵלַ֔י
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- E-lai
- Extended
- EE-lai
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
E-lai
- phraseyour reading level
BA E-lai
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI
Exegesis
lohigid li {וְלֹא שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ … לֹא־הִגִּ֥יד לִֽי | wə-lōʾ šə-ʾil-tē-hû … lōʾ-higgîḏ lī} form a double negative that underscores the speaker’s lack of information. The English rendering preserves Hebrew clause order, emphatic simile, and narrative progression.
In context — Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and said to her husband, “A man of God came to me, and he looked like an angel of God—very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 13:6, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֔י (elai) 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 Judg.13.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.6.W9.S1) and character.