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Arabic
Preposition
אלי • (ʔilā)
- 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)
- (rare, Biblical Hebrew) defective spelling of אוּלַי: maybe.
Noun
אֵלִי • (elí)
- singular form of אֵל (él) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.
Proper noun
אֵלִי • (Éli)
- a diminutive of the male given name אֵלִיָּהוּ (Eliyáhu), equivalent to English Eli
Preposition
אֱלֵי • (elé)
- (rare form) Alternative form of אֶל (él)
Preposition
אֵלַי • (eláy)
- Form of אֶל (él) including first-person singular personal pronoun as object, defective spelling.
Verb
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.