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
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
LI
- phraseyour reading level
ya-GID LI
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-NA-tan MI ya-GID LI
- 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 context — 1 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.