אלי

אלי

See also: אלי׳‎

Arabic

Preposition

אלי • (ʾilā)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of إلَى‎ (ʔilā, “to, toward”)‎‎
   • Exodus 10:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ‏תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃‎‎

     ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʾilā firʿawna faʾinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu waqalba quwwādihi likay ʾuḥilla ʾāfātī 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.

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Hebrew

Adverb

אֻלַי • (uláy)

1. (rare, Biblical Hebrew) defective spelling of אוּלַי‎: maybe.
   • 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

אֵלִי • (elí)

1. Singular form of אֵל‎ (él)‎ with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.
   • 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

אֵלִי • (Éli)

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

Preposition

אֱלֵי • (elé)

1. (rare form) Alternative form of אֶל‎ (él)
   • Job 3:22, with Young's Literal Translation:

     ‏הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל‎

     has'mechím ele-gíl

     Who are glad — unto joy

Preposition

אֵלַי • (eláy)

1. Form of אֶל‎ (él) including first-person singular personal pronoun as object.
   • 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

אֱלִי • (elí)

1. Wail: feminine singular imperative.
   • 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.