1 Chronicles 17:9:31 Chr.17.9.W3TAB

לְעַמִּ֨י

leammi

for my people

Transliteration
le-am-MI
Extended
leh-ahm-MEE
IPA
/ləʕamˈmiː/

Meaning by language

English
for my people

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + עַמ + מִּ֨י
le + am + mi
leammi

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-am-MI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-am-MI yis-ra-EL u-ne-ta-TI-hu

  3. clause

    ve-sam-TI ma-KOM le-am-MI yis-ra-EL u-ne-ta-TI-hu ve-sha-KHAN takh-TAV ve-LO yir-GAZ OD

  4. sentence

    ve-sam-TI ma-KOM le-am-MI yis-ra-EL u-ne-ta-TI-hu ve-sha-KHAN takh-TAV ve-LO yir-GAZ OD ve-lo-yo-SI-fu ve-NE-a-VA-la le-va-LO-to ka-a-SHER ba-ri-sho-NA

Exegesis

The object phrase maqom ləʿammi yiśrāʾēl {מָ֠קוֹם לְעַמִּ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | mā-qôm lə-ʿammî yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘a place for my people Israel’ binds land to covenant identity.

In context1 Chronicles 17:9

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, and they will dwell in their place and will not be disturbed again, and sons of wickedness will not continue to afflict them as at the beginning.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 17:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 17:9, so the Hebrew word לְעַמִּ֨י (leammi) 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.17.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.9.W3.S1) and character.