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STRONGS NUMBER H305

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Word Summary
achalay: O! would that!
Original Word: אַחֲלַי
Transliteration: 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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