1 Chronicles 21:22:131 Chr.21.22.W13TAB
לִ֔י
li
“to me”
- Transliteration
- LI
- Extended
- LEE
- IPA
- /ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
LI
- phraseyour reading level
te-NE-hu LI
- clause
be-KHE-sef ma-LE te-NE-hu LI ve-TE-a-tsar ha-ma-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-OR-nan te-NA-LI me-KOM ha-GO-ren ve-ev-NE-VO miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH be-KHE-sef ma-LE te-NE-hu LI ve-TE-a-tsar ha-ma-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
Exegesis
David {דָּוִיד | dāwîḏ} addresses Ornan {אֶל־אָרְנָן | ʾel-ʾōrān} with the imperative tenah-li {תְּנָה־לִּי | tənāh-lî}, requesting the threshing-floor plot meqom ha-goren {מְקוֹם הַגֹּרֶן | məqōm ha-gōren}.
The vav-consecutive imperfect ve-evneh-bo {וְאֶבְנֶה־בּוֹ | wə-evnē-bô} expresses his intent to build an altar mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbêaḥ} for la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YHWH}.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Lamed–Mem
“peace, wholeness”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:22
And David said to Ornan, “Give me the place of the threshing floor, so that I may build an altar there to the LORD . Give it to me for the full price in silver , so that the plague may be restrained from upon the people.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 21:22, so the Hebrew word לִ֔י (li) 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.21.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.22.W13.S1) and character.