1 Chronicles 21:23:61 Chr.21.23.W6TAB
אֲדֹנִ֥י
adoni
“my lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔăðoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NI
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer or-NAN el-da-VID kakh-LAKH ve-ya-AS a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ha-TOV be-ei-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer or-NAN el-da-VID kakh-LAKH ve-ya-AS a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ha-TOV be-ei-NAV re-E na-TAT-ti ha-ba-KAR la-o-LOT ve-ha-mo-rig-GIM la-e-TSIM ve-ha-khit-TIM la-min-KHA ha-KOL na-TAT-ti
Exegesis
The honorific phrase adoni hamelek hatov be-einav {אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינָיו | ʾădōnî ha-mé-leḵ ha-ṭôv bə-ʿê-nāyw} functions as respectful designation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-nʾādōn
“lord, master”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:23
And Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. See, I have given the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I have given it all.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 21:23, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנִ֥י (adoni) 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.21.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.23.W6.S1) and character.