אלי

See also: אלי׳‎

Arabic

Preposition

אלי • (ʔilā)

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of إلَى‎ (ʔilā, “to, toward”)‎‎
    • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎, 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

Adverb

אֻלַי • (uláy)

  1. (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

אֵלִי • (elí)

  1. 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

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)

Preposition

אֵלַי • (eláy)

  1. 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

אֱלִי • (elí)

  1. 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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