Genesis 27:12:8Gen.27.12.W8PAT

עָלַ֛י

alai

upon me

Transliteration
a-LAI
Extended
ah-LAI
IPA
/ʕaː.ˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
upon me
French
sur moi
Spanish
sobre mí
Portuguese
sobre mim
German
auf mich
Russian
на меня
Arabic-Simplified
عَلَيَّ
Hindi
मुझ पर
Chinese-Simplified
在我身上
Korean
내 위에
Indonesian
atas saya
Bengali
আমার উপরে
Tagalog
sa akin
Swahili
juu yangu
Amharic
በእኔ ላይ
Yoruba
sórí mi
Igbo
n'elu m
Twi
me so
Ewe
le dzinye

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Result
עָ + לַ֛י
a + lai
alai

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    a-LAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-he-ve-TI a-LAI

  3. clause

    ve-he-ve-TI a-LAI ke-la-LA ve-LO ve-ra-KHA

  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 27:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 27:12, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֛י (alai) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.12.W8.S1) and character.