Numbers 22:6:9Num.22.6.W9TAB
אוּלַ֤י
ulai
“perhaps”
- Transliteration
- u-LAI
- Extended
- oo-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔuˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- perhaps
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
u-LAI u-KHAL
- clause
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz KI ya-DA-ti ET a-sher-te-va-REKH me-vo-RACH va-a-SHER ta-OR yu-AR
Exegesis
The modal particle ulai {אוּלַי | ʾū-lay} ‘perhaps’ leads into the cohortative nakkeh {נַכֶּה־ | na-ḵêh} ‘let us strike’ and the vav consecutive vaagarshennu {וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ | wā-’ă-ḡār-šehn-nū} ‘I will drive him out’.
In context — Numbers 22:6
And now, please go curse these people for me, because they are mightier than I; perhaps I shall strike them and drive them out from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:6, so the Hebrew word אוּלַ֤י (ulai) 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.22.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.6.W9.S1) and character.