2 Samuel 3:39:12 Sam.3.39.W1TAB
וְאָנֹכִ֨י
veanokhi
“and I”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-NO-khi
- Extended
- veh-aa-NOH-khee
- IPA
- /wəʔaːnoˈxiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-NO-khi
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-NO-khi ha-YOM RAKH
- clause
ve-a-NO-khi ha-YOM RAKH u-ma-SHU-akh ME-lekh ve-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-NE tse-ru-YA ka-SHIM mi-ME-ne-ni
- sentence
ve-a-NO-khi ha-YOM RAKH u-ma-SHU-akh ME-lekh ve-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-NE tse-ru-YA ka-SHIM mi-ME-ne-ni ye-sha-LEM ye-ho-VAH le-o-SE ha-ra-A ke-ra-a-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve’anokhi {וְאָנֹכִ֨י | wə-ʾānōḵî} ‘and I,’ foregrounding David’s voice through the conjunction plus independent pronoun.
In context — 2 Samuel 3:39
And today I am gentle , though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are harsher than I am. May the LORD repay the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 3:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 3:39, so the Hebrew word וְאָנֹכִ֨י (veanokhi) 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.3.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.3.39.W1.S1) and character.