Lexical Summary achalay: O! would that! Original Word: אַחֲלַיTransliteration: achalay Phonetic Spelling: (akh-al-ah'ee) Part of Speech: Interjection Short Definition: O! would that! Meaning: O! would that! Strong's Concordance O that, would God Or achaley {akh-al-ay'}; prob from 'ach and a variation of luw'; would that! -- O that, would God. see HEBREW 'ach see HEBREW luw' Brown-Driver-Briggs H305. achalay אַחְלַי Psalm 119:5 and אַחֲלֵי 2 Kings 5:3 (perhaps from אָח III. and לַי = Aramaic לְוַי = ׃לוּ the varying punctuation is due doubtless to the word being treated by the punctuators as a substantive = wish, with suffix & in construct stative, 'my wish is that,' etc.; compare Ki on Psalm 119 וּבַקָּשׁוֺתַי תְּחִנּוֺתַי), ah that! (ᵐ5 ο[φελον). |
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