Numbers 21:17:6Num.21.17.W6TAB

עֲלִ֥י

ali

spring up

Transliteration
a-LI
Extended
ah-LEE
IPA
/ʕaˈli/

Meaning by language

English
spring up

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Result
עֲ + לִ֥י
a + li
ali

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-LI ve-ER

  3. clause

    a-LI ve-ER e-NU-LAH

  4. sentence

    AZ ya-SHIR yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RAH ha-ZOT a-LI ve-ER e-NU-LAH

Exegesis

The first imperative ali {עֲלִי | ʿălî} ‘spring up’ addresses the noun be’er {בְאֵר | bəʾêr} ‘well’, personifying it.

Root and etymology

ʿ-l-hayin-lamed-heh

ascend

In contextNumbers 21:17

Then Israel sang this song, “Spring up, O well ; sing to her !”

About this coordinate

Numbers 21:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 21:17, so the Hebrew word עֲלִ֥י (ali) 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.21.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.17.W6.S1) and character.