Genesis 38:16:18Gen.38.16.W18PAT
אֵלָֽי׃
elai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- e-LAI
- Extended
- ee-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔeː.ˈlaj/
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 ọdọ̀ mi
- Igbo
- n'ebe m nọ
- Twi
- me nkyɛn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LAI
- clause
va-to-MER ma-ti-ten-LI KI ta-VO e-LAI
- sentence
va-YET e-le-HA el-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ha-va-NA a-VO e-la-YIKH KI LO ya-DA KI ka-la-TO HI va-to-MER ma-ti-ten-LI KI ta-VO e-LAI
In context — Genesis 38:16
and he turned aside to her to the road and he said come please let me come in to you for not he knew that his daughter-in-law she and she said what will you give me that you may come in to me
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 38:16, so the Hebrew word אֵלָֽי׃ (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.38.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.16.W18.S1) and character.