Genesis 18:24:1Gen.18.24.W1PAT
אוּלַ֥י
ulai
“perhaps”
- Transliteration
- u-LAI
- Extended
- oo-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔu.ˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- perhaps
- French
- peut-être
- Spanish
- quizá
- Portuguese
- talvez
- German
- vielleicht
- Russian
- может быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- لعل
- Hindi
- शायद
- Chinese-Simplified
- 或许
- Korean
- 아마
- Indonesian
- mungkin
- Bengali
- সম্ভবত
- Tagalog
- marahil
- Swahili
- labda
- Amharic
- ምናልባት
- Yoruba
- bóyá
- Igbo
- eleghị anya
- Twi
- ebia
- Ewe
- ɖewohĩ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
u-LAI YESH
- clause
u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR
- sentence
u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
In context — Genesis 18:24
perhaps fifty righteous ones within the city there are indeed will you sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of fifty the righteous ones who are in it
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:24, so the Hebrew word אוּלַ֥י (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 Gen.18.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.24.W1.S1) and character.