Genesis 24:5:4Gen.24.5.W4PAT
אוּלַי֙
ulai
“perhaps”
- Transliteration
- u-LAI
- Extended
- oo-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔuː.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
- 或许
- Korean
- 아마
- Indonesian
- mungkin
- Bengali
- হয়তো
- Tagalog
- marahil
- Swahili
- labda
- Amharic
- ምናልባት
- Yoruba
- boya
- Igbo
- ikekwe
- 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 e-LAV ha-E-ved u-LAI lo-to-VE ha-i-SHA la-LE-khet a-kha-RAI el-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-E-ved u-LAI lo-to-VE ha-i-SHA la-LE-khet a-kha-RAI el-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT he-ha-SHEV a-SHIV et-bin-KHA el-ha-A-rets a-sher-ya-TSA-ta mi-SHAM
In context — Genesis 24:5
the servant said to him perhaps not be willing the woman to go after me to land this surely shall I bring back your son to the land which you came out from there
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 24:5, so the Hebrew word אוּלַי֙ (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.24.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.5.W4.S1) and character.