2 Samuel 16:3:152 Sam.16.3.W15TAB
לִי֙
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
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LI
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ya-shi-VU LI
- clause
va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh ve-a-YE ben-a-do-NE-kha va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect yāšîḇû {יָשִׁ֤יבוּ | yāšîḇû} ‘they will restore’ takes the object chain lī {לִי֙ | lī} ‘to me’ + bêt yiśrāʾēl {בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | bêt yiśrāʾēl} ‘house of Israel,’ and mamləḵût ʼāḇî {מַמְלְכ֥וּת אָבִֽי | mamləḵût ʼāḇî} ‘kingdom of my father.’ The structure highlights direct discourse, possession, and political expectation through each particle and verb form.
Root and etymology
ב־ל־ע־ל
“worthlessness, lawlessness”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, “Where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem , for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 16:3, so the Hebrew word לִי֙ (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 2 Sam.16.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.3.W15.S1) and character.