Numbers 14:35:11Num.14.35.W11TAB
עָלָ֑י
alai
“against me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- ah-LAI
- IPA
- /hanoʔaˈdim/
Meaning by language
- English
- against me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-LAI
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI
- sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The participle ha-noadim alai {הַנּוֹעֲדִים עָלָי | hannōʿaḏîm ʿālāy} ‘assembling against me’ adds relational context to the punishment.
Root and etymology
RootAyin, Lamed, Heh
“to bring up”
In context — Numbers 14:35
I, the LORD , have spoken: surely this is what I will do to all this evil congregation that has banded together against Me; in this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:35:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 14:35, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֑י (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.14.35.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.35.W11.S1) and character.