Genesis 24:40:2Gen.24.40.W2PAT

אֵלָ֑י

elai

to me

Transliteration
e-LAI
Extended
ee-LAI
IPA
/ʔeː.ˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
to me
French
à moi
Spanish
a mí
Russian
ко мне
Arabic-Simplified
إليّ
Hindi
मुझसे
Chinese-Simplified
对我
Swahili
kwangu
Twi
ma me

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֵ + לָ֑י
e + lai
elai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-LAI

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer e-LAI

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI

In contextGenesis 24:40

and he said to me LORD before whom I have walked before him will send his angel with you and will make successful your way and you shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from the house of my father

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 24:40, so the Hebrew word אֵלָ֑י (elai) 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.24.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.40.W2.S1) and character.