1 Samuel 22:12:71 Sam.22.12.W7TAB

אֲדֹנִֽי׃

adoni

my lord

Transliteration
a-do-NI
Extended
ah-doh-NEE
IPA
/ʔăðoːˈniː/

Meaning by language

English
my lord

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Result
אֲ + דֹ + נִֽי׃
a + do + ni
adoni

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-do-NI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hin-NI a-do-NI

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER hin-NI a-do-NI

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER sha-UL she-MA-na ben-a-khi-TUV va-yo-MER hin-NI a-do-NI

Exegesis

The interjection hin-nê-nî {הִנְנִ֥י | hin-nê-nî} ‘here I am’ conveys immediate readiness, followed by the possessive address ʼa-dō-nî {אֲדֹנִי | ʼa-dō-nî} ‘my lord’, which underscores deference in hierarchy. The simple call-and-response dialogue is mirrored in English by maintaining the sequential clause structure and repetition of the introductory verb.

Root and etymology

א־ד־ן

lord, master

In context1 Samuel 22:12

And Saul said, “Listen , son of Ahitub,” and he replied, “Here I am, my lord .”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 22:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 22:12, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנִֽי׃ (adoni) 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.22.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.12.W7.S1) and character.