Daniel 4:7:15Dan.4.7.W15TABWLC Daniel 4:4
לִֽי׃
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
- phraseyour reading level
la-me-ho-de-IN LI
- clause
veh-khel-MA a-MAR a-NA ko-da-MEI-hon u-fish-REH la-me-ho-de-IN LI
- sentence
be-A-da-YIN aa-lah-LIN aa-lah-LIN khar-tu-ma-YAA osh-fa-YAA khas-DA kas-da-EI veh-gaz-ra-YAA veh-khel-MA a-MAR a-NA ko-da-MEI-hon u-fish-REH la-me-ho-de-IN LI
Exegesis
The preposition plus suffix li {לִי | lī} “to me” marks the king as the one left uninformed. In English, finite simple past forms (“came in,” “declared,” “were not making known”) appropriately convey the narrative flow, while preserving the repeated emphasis on “interpretation” maintains the thematic focus on the limits of human wisdom in grasping divine revelation.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Pe-Lamed
“to be low, be brought low”
In context — Daniel 4:7
Then my magicians , my enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I declared the dream before them, but they were not making its interpretation known to me.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 4:7, so the Hebrew word לִֽי׃ (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 Dan.4.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.7.W15.S1) and character.