Numbers 22:30:8Num.22.30.W8TAB
עָלַ֗י
alai
“on me”
- Transliteration
- a-LAI
- Extended
- ah-LAI
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- on me
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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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Word in context
- word
a-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI
- clause
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO
- sentence
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO va-yo-MER LO
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-rakhavta {אֲשֶׁר־רָכַבְתָּ | ʾă·šer-rā·ḵăḇ·tā} ‘which you have ridden’ links with alai {עָלַי | ʿā·lāy} ‘upon me’.
In context — Numbers 22:30
And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey , which you have ridden upon me from your beginnings until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do thus for you?” And he said, “No.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֗י (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.22.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W8.S1) and character.