אלי
See also: אלי׳
Arabic
editPreposition
editאלי • (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.
Hebrew
editAdverb
editאֻלַי • (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
Noun
editאֵלִי • (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
Proper noun
editאֵלִי • (Éli)
- a diminutive of the male given name אֵלִיָּהוּ (Eliyáhu), equivalent to English Eli
Preposition
editאֱלֵי • (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
Preposition
editאֵלַי • (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
Verb
editאֱלִי • (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.
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- Hebrew noun forms
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- Hebrew given names
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