Genesis 27:12:1Gen.27.12.W1PAT

אוּלַ֤י

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
لَعَلَّ
Hindi
शायद
Chinese-Simplified
也许
Korean
아마
Indonesian
mungkin
Bengali
হয়তো
Tagalog
baka
Swahili
labda
Amharic
ምናልባት
Yoruba
bóyá
Igbo
eleghị anya
Twi
ebia
Ewe
ɖewohĩ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אוּ + לַ֤י
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. phraseyour reading level

    u-LAI ye-mu-SHE-ni

  3. clause

    u-LAI ye-mu-SHE-ni a-VI ve-ha-YI-ti ve-e-NAV ki-me-ta-TE-a

  4. sentence

    u-LAI ye-mu-SHE-ni a-VI ve-ha-YI-ti ve-e-NAV ki-me-ta-TE-a ve-he-ve-TI a-LAI ke-la-LA ve-LO ve-ra-KHA

In contextGenesis 27:12

perhaps my father will feel me and I will be in his eyes as a deceiver and I will bring upon me a curse and not a blessing

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 27:12, so the Hebrew word אוּלַ֤י (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.27.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.12.W1.S1) and character.