1 Kings 18:37:11 Kgs.18.37.W1TAB
עֲנֵ֤נִי
aneni
“answer me”
- Transliteration
- a-NE-ni
- Extended
- ah-NEE-nih
- IPA
- /ʕăˈneː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- answer me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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-NE-ni
- phraseyour reading level
a-NE-ni Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
a-NE-ni Ye-ho-VAH a-NE-ni ve-ye-de-U ha-AM ha-ZE ki-A-ta Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
a-NE-ni Ye-ho-VAH a-NE-ni ve-ye-de-U ha-AM ha-ZE ki-A-ta Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM ve-A-ta ha-sib-BO-ta ET-li-BAM a-kho-ra-NIT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the emphatic repetition of the Qal imperative aneni {עֲנֵ֤נִי | ʿă-nē-nî} ‘answer me’, creating an urgent plea.
In context — 1 Kings 18:37
Answer me, LORD ; answer me, so that this people may know that You, LORD, are God , and that You have restored their hearts again.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:37, so the Hebrew word עֲנֵ֤נִי (aneni) 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.18.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.37.W1.S1) and character.