Genesis 18:31:6Gen.18.31.W6PAT
אוּלַ֛י
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
- 也许
- Korean
- 아마
- Indonesian
- mungkin
- Bengali
- হয়তো
- Tagalog
- marahil
- Swahili
- labda
- Amharic
- ምናልባት
- Yoruba
- boya
- 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
- clause
va-YO-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM va-YO-mer LO ash-KHIT ba-a-VUR ha-es-RIM
In context — Genesis 18:31
he said look please I have dared to speak to the Lord perhaps twenty are found there he said I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:31:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:31, 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.18.31.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.31.W6.S1) and character.