1 Samuel 16:1:81 Sam.16.1.W8TAB
וַאֲנִ֣י
vaani
“and I”
- Transliteration
- va-a-NI
- Extended
- vah-ah-NEE
- IPA
- /vaʔăˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-NI
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-NI me-as-TIV
- clause
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
- sentence
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
In context — 1 Samuel 16:1
And the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen for myself a king among his sons.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנִ֣י (vaani) 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 Sam.16.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.1.W8.S1) and character.