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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-am-MI
- phraseyour reading level
le-am-MI yis-ra-EL u-ne-ta-TI-hu
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.