Genesis 18:30:6Gen.18.30.W6PAT

אוּלַ֛י

ulai

perhaps

Transliteration
u-LAI
Extended
oo-LAI
IPA
/ʔuˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
perhaps
French
peut-être
Spanish
quizá
Portuguese
talvez
German
vielleicht
Russian
может быть
Arabic-Simplified
لعلّ
Hindi
शायद
Chinese-Simplified
或许
Korean
아마
Indonesian
mungkin
Bengali
হয়তো
Tagalog
marahil
Swahili
labda
Amharic
ምናልባት
Yoruba
bóyá
Igbo
eleghị anya
Twi
ebia
Ewe
ɖewohĩ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אוּ + לַ֛י
u + lai
ulai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-LAI

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM

In contextGenesis 18:30

he said Lord please do not be angry let me speak perhaps thirty are found there he said not I will do if I find thirty there

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:30, so the Hebrew word אוּלַ֛י (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.18.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.30.W6.S1) and character.