Numbers 11:13:8Num.11.13.W8TAB
עָלַי֙
alai
“upon me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- ah-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ki-yiv-KU a-LAI
- clause
ki-yiv-KU a-LAI le-MOR te-NA-la-NU ba-SAR ve-no-KHE-la
- sentence
mei-A-yin li ba-SAR la-TET le-KHOL-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-yiv-KU a-LAI le-MOR te-NA-la-NU ba-SAR ve-no-KHE-la
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase alai {עָלַי֙ | ’ā-lay} ‘against me’ focuses the grievance on Moses.
In context — Numbers 11:13
From where can I get meat to give to all these people? For they are weeping over me, saying, “Give us meat and we will eat.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 11:13, so the Hebrew word עָלַי֙ (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 Num.11.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.13.W8.S1) and character.