Exodus 17:3:14Exod.17.3.W14TAB
אֹתִ֛י
oti
“me”
- Transliteration
- o-TI
- Extended
- oh-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔo.ˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-TI
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-MIT o-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer la-MAH ZEH he-eh-li-TA-noo mim-mits-RA-yim le-ha-MIT o-TI ve-et-ba-NAI ve-et-mik-NAI ba-tsa-MA
- sentence
va-yits-MA SHAM ha-AM lam-MA-yim va-ya-LEN ha-AM al-mo-SHEH va-YO-mer la-MAH ZEH he-eh-li-TA-noo mim-mits-RA-yim le-ha-MIT o-TI ve-et-ba-NAI ve-et-mik-NAI ba-tsa-MA
Exegesis
The object series oti, et-banai, et-miknai {אֹתִי וְאֶת־בָּנַי וְאֶת־מִקְנַי | ʾō-tî wə-ʾet-bā-nāy wə-ʾet-miḵ-nāy} builds climactically from individual to family to livestock.
In context — Exodus 17:3
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses . They said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt, to cause us and our children and our livestock to die from thirst ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 17:3, so the Hebrew word אֹתִ֛י (oti) 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 Exod.17.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.3.W14.S1) and character.