Lexical Definition

‎אַחְלַי‎ ʼAchlay (akh-lah'ee) Ahlai ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎אַחֲלַי‎; wishful

Ahlai.

• § Ahlai = "O! would that!"
• Achlai, the name of an Israelitess and of an Israelite

1) daughter of Sheshan
2) father of one of David's heroes (mighty men, warriors)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַחְלָ֑י‎ proper name. (Dl^{Pr 210 transitive} O ! would that! (compare ‎אַחְלַי‎ below III. ‎אָח‎ above) & compare interjectional Babylonian name A—ulapia, O! that I at last! Zim^{BP 116}; compare Ol^{§ 277}; otherwise Hal^{JAS 7, x. 360})

1. feminine daughter of Sheshan 1Chr 2:31 so Be Öttli and others in view of v1Chr 2:34.

2. masculine father of one of David's mighty men (not in 2Sam 23) 1Chr 11:41.

‎אַחְלָב‎ see ‎חלב‎.

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