2 Chronicles 35:21:52 Chr.35.21.W5TAB
מַה־לִּ֨י
mali
“what to me”
- Transliteration
- ma-LI
- Extended
- mah-LI
- IPA
- /maˈl.liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what to me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ma-LI
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV mal-e-KHIM le-MOR ma-LI va-LAKH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV mal-e-KHIM le-MOR ma-LI va-LAKH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA lo-a-LE-kha a-TA ha-YOM KI el-BET mil-kham-TI ve-e-lo-HIM a-MAR le-va-ha-LE-ni
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV mal-e-KHIM le-MOR ma-LI va-LAKH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA lo-a-LE-kha a-TA ha-YOM KI el-BET mil-kham-TI ve-e-lo-HIM a-MAR le-va-ha-LE-ni kha-DAL-le-KHA me-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-im-MI ve-al-yash-KHI-te-kha
Exegesis
The idiom mahli walakh {מַה־לִּי וָלָךְ | maḥ–lî vā–lā–ḵ} functions as a rhetorical question establishing neutrality of motive.
In context — 2 Chronicles 35:21
But he sent messengers to him, saying, “What is there between me and you, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war; and God has commanded me to hurry. Cease for your own sake from opposing God, who is with me, so that He does not destroy you.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 35:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 35:21, so the Hebrew word מַה־לִּ֨י (mali) 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 2 Chr.35.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.35.21.W5.S1) and character.