לִ֗י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִ֗י

   LI

   for me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 רְאוּ־נָ֣א לִ֗י

   re-U-NA LI

   see, please for me
3. clause🔊 רְאוּ־נָ֣א לִ֗י אִ֚ישׁ מֵיטִ֣יב לְנַגֵּ֔ן וַהֲבִיאוֹתֶ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃

   re-U-NA LI ISH me-TIV le-nag-GEN va-ha-vi-o-TEM e-LAI

   see, please for me a man doing well, skillful to play {music} and bring {you plural} to me
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר שָׁא֖וּל אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו רְאוּ־נָ֣א לִ֗י אִ֚ישׁ מֵיטִ֣יב לְנַגֵּ֔ן וַהֲבִיאוֹתֶ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL el-a-va-DAV re-U-NA LI ISH me-TIV le-nag-GEN va-ha-vi-o-TEM e-LAI

   and he said Saul to his servants see, please for me a man doing well, skillful to play {music} and bring {you plural} to me

Exegesis

The construct phrase lī ’îš mēṭîv lə-naggên {לִי אִישׁ מֵיטִיב לְנַגֵּן | lī ’îš mēṭîv lə-naggên} ‘for me a man skilled to play’ uses the Hiphil participle mēṭîv {מֵיטִיב | mēṭîv} to express ability and the Piel infinitive lə-naggên {לְנַגֵּן | lə-naggên} to indicate the action of playing.