Ezekiel 16:20:6Ezek.16.20.W6TAB

לִ֔י

li

to me

Transliteration
LI
Extended
LEE
IPA
/ˈliː/

Meaning by language

English
to me

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    LI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ya-LAD-te LI

  3. clause

    va-tik-KHI et-ba-NA-yikh ve-et-be-NO-ta-yikh a-SHER ya-LAD-te LI va-tiz-ba-KHIM la-HEM le-e-KHOL

  4. sentence

    va-tik-KHI et-ba-NA-yikh ve-et-be-NO-ta-yikh a-SHER ya-LAD-te LI va-tiz-ba-KHIM la-HEM le-e-KHOL ha-me-AT me-tse-nat-ekh mit-taz-nu-TA-yikh

Root and etymology

Rootayin–gimel–lamed

earring

In contextEzekiel 16:20

And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me , and you sacrificed them to be consumed. Is this of your whoredoms not a small matter?

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:20, so the Hebrew word לִ֔י (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 Ezek.16.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.20.W6.S1) and character.