Genesis 24:39:3Gen.24.39.W3PAT
אֻלַ֛י
ulai
“perhaps”
- Transliteration
- u-LAI
- Extended
- oo-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔuˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- perhaps
- French
- peut-être
- Spanish
- quizás
- Russian
- может быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- لَعَلَّ
- Hindi
- शायद
- Chinese-Simplified
- 或许
- Swahili
- labda
- Twi
- ebia
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֻ + לַ֛י
↓
u + lai
↓
ulai
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
u-LAI
- clause
u-LAI lo-te-LEKH ha-ish-SHA a-kha-RAI
- sentence
va-o-MAR el-a-do-NI u-LAI lo-te-LEKH ha-ish-SHA a-kha-RAI
In context — Genesis 24:39
and I said to my master perhaps she will not go the woman after me
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 24:39, so the Hebrew word אֻלַ֛י (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.24.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.39.W3.S1) and character.