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
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
- phraseyour reading level
u-LAI ye-mu-SHE-ni
- clause
u-LAI ye-mu-SHE-ni a-VI ve-ha-YI-ti ve-e-NAV ki-me-ta-TE-a
- 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 context — Genesis 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.