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title: אַחֲלַי — ah that! · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחֲלַי (305), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ah that!. BDB 1906: ah that!. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחֲלַי

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«אַחֲלַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ah that!** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 305 · **BDB:** אַחֲלַי

### Glosses

would.that! (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ah that! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/305/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ah that! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/305/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** ψ 119:5 and אַחֲלֵי 2 K 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 subst. = wish, with suff. \& in c. st., ‘my wish is that,’ etc.; cf. Ki on ψ 119 תְּחִנּוֹתַי וּבַקָּשׁוֹתַי), ah that! (𝔊 ὄφελον).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַחֲלַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/305/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.5/)

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אַ֭חֲלַי יִכֹּ֥נוּ דְרָכָ֗י לִשְׁמֹ֥ר חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* would.that! they.will.be.steadfast ways my to keep decrees your

*JPS 1917:* Oh that my ways were directed to observe Thy statutes!

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[2 Kings 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.3/)

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וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־גְּבִרְתָּ֔הּ אַחֲלֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י לִפְנֵ֥י הַנָּבִ֖יא אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן אָ֛ז יֶאֱסֹ֥ף אֹת֖וֹ מִצָּרַעְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and she.said to mistress her would.that! master my \[was\] before the prophet who \[is\].in Samaria then he.will.deliver him from his.skin disease

*JPS 1917:* And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.'

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