לִּ֨י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִּ֨י

   LI

   for me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 חָלִילָה֩ לִּ֨י יְהוָ֜ה

   kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH

   far be it for me LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֡אמֶר חָלִילָה֩ לִּ֨י יְהוָ֜ה מֵעֲשֹׂ֣תִי זֹ֗את הֲדַ֤ם הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ הַהֹלְכִ֣ים בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔ם וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑ם

   va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM

   and he said far be it for me LORD from doing this the blood of the men the ones going with their lives and not he was willing to drink it
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֡אמֶר חָלִילָה֩ לִּ֨י יְהוָ֜ה מֵעֲשֹׂ֣תִי זֹ֗את הֲדַ֤ם הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ הַהֹלְכִ֣ים בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔ם וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑ם אֵ֣לֶּה עָשׂ֔וּ שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃

   va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM E-le A-su she-LO-shet ha-gi-bo-RIM

   and he said far be it for me LORD from doing this the blood of the men the ones going with their lives and not he was willing to drink it these things they did three of the mighty men

Exegesis

The interjection chalilah li {חָלִילָה לִי | ḥălîlāh lī} conveys emphatic refusal.

Root and etymology

b-l-ʿ🔊 ב־ל־עb l ʿ

“worthless”

• 🔊 בְּנֵי בְלִיָּעַלbnei beliya‘alsons of worthlessnessDeut 13:14