בִ֔י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בִ֔י

   VI

   by me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לִדְרָשׁ־ל֣וֹ בִ֔י

   lid-RASH-LO VI

   to inquire for himself by me
3. clause🔊 וּבָ֤א אֶל־הַנָּבִיא֙ לִדְרָשׁ־ל֣וֹ בִ֔י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה נַֽעֲנֶה־לּ֖וֹ בִּֽי׃

   u-VA el-ha-na-VI lid-RASH-LO VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-LO BI

   and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself by me I LORD will be answered to him by me
4. sentence🔊 כִּי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמֵהַגֵּר֮ אֲשֶׁר־יָג֣וּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְיִנָּזֵ֣ר מֵֽאַחֲרַ֗י וְיַ֤עַל גִּלּוּלָיו֙ אֶל־לִבּ֔וֹ וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל עֲוֺנ֔וֹ יָשִׂ֖ים נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֑יו וּבָ֤א אֶל־הַנָּבִיא֙ לִדְרָשׁ־ל֣וֹ בִ֔י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה נַֽעֲנֶה־לּ֖וֹ בִּֽי׃

   KI ISH ISH mib-BET yis-ra-EL u-me-hag-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-yis-ra-EL ve-yin-na-ZER me-a-kha-RAI ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV el-lib-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI lid-RASH-LO VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-LO BI

   for a man a man from the house of Israel and from the sojourner who sojourns in Israel and separates himself from after me and brings up his idols to his heart and a stumbling block of his iniquity he places straight in front of his face and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself by me I LORD will be answered to him by me

Exegesis

The sequence li-draš-lô bî {לִדְרָשׁ־לוֹ בִּ֔י | li-draš-lô bî} ‘to inquire for himself in me’ highlights false piety, and the final cluster ʾă-nî YHWH na-ʿă-neh-lô bî {אֲנִי יְהוָה נַֽעֲנֶה־לּ֖וֹ בִּֽי | ʾă-nî Yəhōwāh na-ʿă-neh-lô bî} asserts divine self-involvement.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־ב־אnun–bet–aleph

“to prophesy”

• 🔊 נְבוּאָהnevuahprophecyNumbers 11:29