2 Samuel 22:29:22 Sam.22.29.W2TAB
נֵירִ֖י
neiri
“my lamp”
- Transliteration
- ne-i-RI
- Extended
- neh-ee-REE
- IPA
- /neː.ʔiːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my lamp
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-i-RI
- phraseyour reading level
ki-a-TA ne-i-RI
- clause
ki-a-TA ne-i-RI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ki-a-TA ne-i-RI ye-ho-VAH va-ye-ho-VAH ya-gi-A kha-she-KHI
Exegesis
The construct neiri {נֵירִי | nēyrî} ‘my lamp’ establishes a personal metaphor of divine guidance.
Root and etymology
n-w-rnun–vav–resh
“to shine, be bright”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:29
For You are my lamp , LORD ; and the LORD will make my darkness shine.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:29, so the Hebrew word נֵירִ֖י (neiri) 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.22.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.29.W2.S1) and character.