לִ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִ֖י

   LI

   for myself
2. clause🔊 מַלֵּ֨א קַרְנְךָ֜ שֶׁ֗מֶן וְלֵ֤ךְ אֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֙ אֶל־יִשַׁ֣י בֵּֽית־הַלַּחְמִ֔י כִּֽי־רָאִ֧יתִי בְּבָנָ֛יו לִ֖י מֶֽלֶךְ׃

   ma-LE kar-ne-KHA SHE-men ve-LEKH e-she-la-kha-KHA el-yi-SHAI BET-ha-lakh-MI ki-ra-I-ti be-va-NAV LI ME-lekh

   fill your horn oil and go I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite for I have seen among his sons for myself a king
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל עַד־מָתַי֙ אַתָּה֙ מִתְאַבֵּ֣ל אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל וַאֲנִ֣י מְאַסְתִּ֔יו מִמְּלֹ֖ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מַלֵּ֨א קַרְנְךָ֜ שֶׁ֗מֶן וְלֵ֤ךְ אֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֙ אֶל־יִשַׁ֣י בֵּֽית־הַלַּחְמִ֔י כִּֽי־רָאִ֧יתִי בְּבָנָ֛יו לִ֖י מֶֽלֶךְ׃

   va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL ad-ma-TAI a-TA mit-a-BEL el-sha-UL va-a-NI me-as-TIV mim-me-LOKH al-yis-ra-EL ma-LE kar-ne-KHA SHE-men ve-LEKH e-she-la-kha-KHA el-yi-SHAI BET-ha-lakh-MI ki-ra-I-ti be-va-NAV LI ME-lekh

   and he said the LORD to Samuel until when you are mourning over Saul and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel fill your horn oil and go I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite for I have seen among his sons for myself a king

Exegesis

The conjunction kî {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘because’ introduces the perfect rāʼîṯî {רָאִ֧יתִי | rāʼîṯî} ‘I have seen,’ with bǝbānāw {בְּבָנָ֛יו | bǝbānāw} ‘among his sons’ and lî mēleḵ {לִ֖י מֶֽלֶךְ | lî mēleḵ} ‘for me a king,’ highlighting divine selection.