Proverbs 30:19:6Prov.30.19.W6TAB

עֲלֵ֫י

ale

upon

Transliteration
a-LE
Extended
ah-LEE
IPA
/ʕăˈleː/

Meaning by language

English
upon

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Result
עֲ + לֵ֫י
a + le
ale

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM

  3. clause

    DE-rekh ha-NE-sher ba-sha-MA-yim DE-rekh na-KHASH a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM

  4. sentence

    DE-rekh ha-NE-sher ba-sha-MA-yim DE-rekh na-KHASH a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM ve-DE-rekh GE-ver be-AL-ma

Exegesis

The first clause, hanesher ba-shamayim {הַנֶּשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם | han-nê-šêr ba-šā-mā-yim} ‘the eagle in the heavens’, is followed by the second clause, nachash alei tzur {נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי צוּר | nā-ḥāš ʿă-lê ṣūr} ‘serpent upon rock’.

In contextProverbs 30:19

The way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 30:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 30:19, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵ֫י (ale) 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 Prov.30.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.19.W6.S1) and character.