1 Samuel 20:10:61 Sam.20.10.W6TAB

לִּ֑י

li

to me

Transliteration
LI
Extended
LEE
IPA
/ˈliː/

Meaning by language

English
to me

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    LI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ya-GID LI

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-NA-tan MI ya-GID LI

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-NA-tan MI ya-GID LI O ma-ya-AN-kha a-VI-kha ka-SHA

Exegesis

The interrogative mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’ combined with the imperfect yagid {יַגִּיד | ya-gîd} ‘will tell’ forms a future-oriented inquiry, with li {לִי | lî} ‘to me’ indicating the recipient.

Root and etymology

k-l-lkaph–lamed–lamed

vessel

In context1 Samuel 20:10

Then David said to Jonathan, “Please , who will tell me if your father answers you harshly ?”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:10, so the Hebrew word לִּ֑י (li) 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.20.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.10.W6.S1) and character.