אלי

See also: אלי׳

Arabic edit

אלי • (ʔilā)

Judeo-Arabic spelling of إلَى (ʔilā, “to, toward”)‎‎
- c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Exodus 10:1:
  תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃
  ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʔilā firʕawna faʔinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu wa-qalba quwwādihi likay ʔuḥilla ʔāfātī hāḏihi bahum.
  Then God said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh for I have just strengthened his heart and the heart of his commanders so that I might set upon them these my plagues.

אֻלַי • (uláy)

(rare, Biblical Hebrew) defective spelling of אוּלַי: maybe.
- Tanach, Genesis 24:39, with translation of the King James Version:
  אֻלַי לֹא־תֵלֵךְ הָאִשָּׁה אַחֲרָי
  'uláy lo-teléch haishá acharáy
  Peradventure the woman will not follow me

אֵלִי • (elí)

Singular form of אֵל (él)‎ with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.
- Tanach, Psalms 118:28, with translation of the King James Version:
  אֵלִי אַתָּה וְאוֹדֶךָּ
  elí atá v'odéka
  Thou art my God, and I will praise thee

אֵלִי • (Éli)

a diminutive of the male given name אֵלִיָּהוּ (Eliyáhu), equivalent to English Eli

אֱלֵי • (elé)

(rare form) Alternative form of אֶל (él)
- Tanach, Job 3:22, with Young's Literal Translation:
  הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל
  has'mechím ele-gíl
  Who are glad — unto joy

אֵלַי • (eláy)

Form of אֶל (él) including first-person singular personal pronoun as object, defective spelling.
- Tanach, Exodus 3:16, with translation of the King James Version:
  אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי
  elohé avotechém nir'á eláy
  God of your fathers […] appeared unto me

אֱלִי • (elí)

Wail: feminine singular imperative.
- Tanach, Joel 1:8, with translation of the King James Version:
  אֱלִי כִּבְתוּלָה חֲגֻרַת־שַׂק עַל־בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ
  elí kivtulá chagurat-sák al-báal n'uréha
  Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.