Numbers 17:5:8Num.17.5.W8TABWLC Numbers 17:20
מֵעָלַ֗י
mealai
“from upon me”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAI
- Extended
- meh-ah-LAI
- IPA
- /meʕaˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon me
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ha-shi-KO-ti me-a-LAI
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER ev-KHAR-BO ma-TEH-hu yif-RACH va-ha-shi-KO-ti me-a-LAI et-te-lu-NO-tai be-NEI-yis-ra-EL a-SHER HEM ma-li-NIM a-LEI HEM a-LEI-khem
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive Hifil perfect vahashikoti {וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִי | wa-hă-šî-kō-tî} with the prepositional phrase me’alai {מֵעָלַי | mē-ʿā-lāy} introduces a judicial act of ceasing the complaints.
In context — Numbers 17:5
And it shall be that the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout; and I will remove from upon Me the persistent protests of the sons of Israel who are complaining against you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 17:5, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלַ֗י (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 Num.17.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.5.W8.S1) and character.