1 Chronicles 17:16:81 Chr.17.16.W8TAB
מִֽי־אֲנִ֞י
miani
“who am I”
- Transliteration
- MI-a-NI
- Extended
- MEE-ah-NEE
- IPA
- /miː.ʔăˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who am I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
MI-a-NI
- clause
va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
- sentence
va-ya-VO ham-ME-lekh da-VID va-ye-SHEV lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
Exegesis
The interrogatives mî-ʼănî {מִי־אֲנִי | mî-ʼănî} ‘who am I’ and ûmî bēyîtî {וּמִי בֵיתִי | ûmî bēyîtî} ‘and who is my house’ form a parallelism that expresses humility.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:16
Then King David came and sat before the LORD , and he said, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house , that You have brought me this far?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 17:16, so the Hebrew word מִֽי־אֲנִ֞י (miani) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.16.W8.S1) and character.