1 Kings 14:7:161 Kgs.14.7.W16TAB
עַמִּ֥י
ami
“my people”
- Transliteration
- a-MI
- Extended
- ah-MEE
- IPA
- /ʕamˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MI
- phraseyour reading level
a-MI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-e-TE-ne-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
le-KHI im-RI le-ya-rav-AM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HI yis-ra-EL YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha mi-TOKH ha-AM va-e-TE-ne-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mitokh ha-am {מִתּ֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם | mit-tôḵ hā-‛ām} ‘from the midst of the people’ specifies origin, and the vav-consecutive va-etenkha {וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ | wā-ʾet-te-n-ḵā} ‘and I gave you’ introduces the grant of authority, encapsulated by nagid {נָגִ֔יד | nā-ḡîḏ} ‘leader’ and the possession phrase al ammi Yisrael {עַ֖ל עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʿal ‛am-mî yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘over My people Israel.’ English syntax preserves the Hebrew oracular sequence and causal nuance.
In context — 1 Kings 14:7
Go, say to Jeroboam, “Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : ‘Because I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word עַמִּ֥י (ami) 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 Kgs.14.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.7.W16.S1) and character.