Nehemiah 13:28:10Neh.13.28.W10TAB
מֵעָלָֽי׃
mealai
“from upon me”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAI
- Extended
- mee-ah-LAI
- IPA
- /meː.ʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-LAI
- clause
va-av-ri-KHE-hu me-a-LAI
- sentence
u-mib-be-NE yo-ya-DA ben-e-lya-SHIV ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL kha-TAN le-san-bal-LAT ha-kho-ro-NI va-av-ri-KHE-hu me-a-LAI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me-alai {מֵעָלָֽי | mē-ʿā-lāy} denotes removal “from upon me.” In English, the Hebrew construct chains are rendered as genitive phrases in SVO order, and the Hiphil causative is rendered as “drove him away” or “forced him to leave” to convey authoritative action.
Root and etymology
mem-ayin-lamedmem–ayin–lamed
“to act unfaithfully”
In context — Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest , was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I drove him away from me.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Nehemiah 13:28, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלָֽי׃ (mealai) 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 Neh.13.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.28.W10.S1) and character.