Genesis 18:28:1Gen.18.28.W1PAT
א֠וּלַי
ulai
“perhaps”
- Transliteration
- u-LAI
- Extended
- oo-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔuːˈlaj/
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
- 아마도
- Indonesian
- mungkin
- Bengali
- হয়তো
- Tagalog
- marahil
- Swahili
- labda
- Amharic
- ምናልባት
- Yoruba
- bóyá
- Igbo
- ma 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
- clause
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR
- sentence
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
In context — Genesis 18:28
perhaps fifty the righteous ones are lacking five will you destroy the whole city for five he said not I will destroy if I find forty and five there
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:28, so the Hebrew word א֠וּלַי (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.18.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.28.W1.S1) and character.