Genesis 30:16:9Gen.30.16.W9PAT

אֵלַ֣י

elai

to me

Transliteration
e-LAI
Extended
eh-LAI
IPA
/ʔeːˈlaj/

Meaning by language

English
to me
French
vers moi
Spanish
a mí
Portuguese
a mim
German
zu mir
Russian
ко мне
Arabic-Simplified
إِلَيَّ
Hindi
मेरे पास
Chinese-Simplified
到我这里
Korean
내게
Indonesian
kepadaku
Bengali
আমার কাছে
Tagalog
sa akin
Swahili
kwangu
Amharic
ወደ እኔ
Yoruba
sí mi
Igbo
n'ebe m nọ
Twi
me nkyɛn
Ewe
gbɔnye

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Result
אֵ + לַ֣י
e + lai
elai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
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

    e-LAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-LAI ta-VO

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev va-te-TSE le-AH lik-ra-TO va-TO-mer e-LAI ta-VO KI sa-KHOR se-khar-TI-kha be-du-da-EI be-NI

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev va-te-TSE le-AH lik-ra-TO va-TO-mer e-LAI ta-VO KI sa-KHOR se-khar-TI-kha be-du-da-EI be-NI va-yish-KAV im-MAH ba-LAI-la HU

In contextGenesis 30:16

came Jacob from the field in the evening went out Leah to meet him said to me come for surely I have hired you with the mandrakes of my son lay with her in the night he

About this coordinate

Genesis 30:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 30:16, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֣י (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.30.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.16.W9.S1) and character.