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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LI
- phraseyour reading level
a-LI ve-ER
- clause
a-LI ve-ER e-NU-LAH
- 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 context — Numbers 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.