1 Samuel 17:45:101 Sam.17.45.W10TAB
וְאָנֹכִ֣י
veanokhi
“but I”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-NO-khi
- Extended
- veh-ah-NOH-khih
- IPA
- /vəʔaːnoˈxiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-NO-khi
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha
- clause
ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-pe-lish-TI a-TA BA E-lai be-KHE-rev u-va-kha-NIT u-ve-khi-DON ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
Exegesis
The emphatic conjunction wə-ʾānōḵî {וְאָנֹכִ֣י | wə-ʾānōḵî} “but I” and the parallel participle bāʾ-ʾēlêkā {בָֽא־אֵלֶ֗יךָ | bāʾ-ʾēlêkā} “I come to you” set up a rhetorical contrast.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:45
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin , but I come against you in the name of the LORD of hosts , the God of the ranks of Israel , whom you have defied .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:45:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 17:45, so the Hebrew word וְאָנֹכִ֣י (veanokhi) 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.17.45.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.45.W10.S1) and character.