2 Samuel 18:27:32 Sam.18.27.W3TAB
אֲנִ֤י
ani
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- ah-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔăˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NI
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI ro-E
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-tso-PE a-NI ro-E et-me-ru-TSAT ha-ri-SHON kim-ru-TSAT a-khi-ma-ATS ben-tsa-DOK
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-tso-PE a-NI ro-E et-me-ru-TSAT ha-ri-SHON kim-ru-TSAT a-khi-ma-ATS ben-tsa-DOK va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ish-TOV ZE ve-el-be-so-RA to-VA ya-VO
Exegesis
The substantive participle hatsofeh {הַצֹּפֶה | hattzōp̄eh} ‘watchman’ serves as the subject of the first utterance, and eni ro’eh {אֵנִי רֹאֶה | ’ēnî rō’eh} ‘I see’ combines the first person pronoun with a participle to express perception.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-y
“self, I”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:27
And the watchman said, “I see the first runner is running like Ahimaaz son-of-Zadok.” Then the king said, “He is a good man, and he will come with good news .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:27, so the Hebrew word אֲנִ֤י (ani) 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.18.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.27.W3.S1) and character.