1 Kings 18:22:41 Kgs.18.22.W4TAB
אֲנִ֞י
ani
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- ah-NI
- IPA
- /ʔăˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-NI
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu el-ha-AM a-NI no-TAR-ti na-VI la-ye-ho-VAH le-vad-DI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu el-ha-AM a-NI no-TAR-ti na-VI la-ye-ho-VAH le-vad-DI u-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al ar-ba-me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH
Exegesis
The fronted pronoun ani {אֲנִ֞י | ʾă-nî} emphasizes Elijah’s self-reference.
In context — 1 Kings 18:22
And Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left as a prophet for the LORD ; but the prophets of Baʿal are four hundred and fifty men.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word אֲנִ֞י (ani) 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.18.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.22.W4.S1) and character.