Ezekiel 17:22:6Ezek.17.22.W6TAB
אָ֗נִי
ani
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- aa-NIH
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈni/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-NI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-kakh-TI a-NI
- clause
KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH ve-la-kakh-TI a-NI mits-tsam-ME-ret ha-E-rez ha-ra-MA ve-na-TAT-ti
- sentence
KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH ve-la-kakh-TI a-NI mits-tsam-ME-ret ha-E-rez ha-ra-MA ve-na-TAT-ti me-ROSH yon-ke-TAIV RAKH ek-TOF ve-sha-TAL-ti a-NI AL har-ga-VO-ha ve-ta-LUL
Exegesis
The sequence of cohortative perfect verbs wə-lāqaḥtî ʾānî {וְלָקַ֣חְתִּי אָ֗נִי | wə-lāqaḥtî ʾānî} ‘and I Myself will take’ and wə-nāṯattî {וְנָתָ֑תִּי | wə-nāṯattî} ‘and I will set’ emphasizes personal divine agency and deliberation.
In context — Ezekiel 17:22
Thus says the Lord GOD : I Myself will take from the top of the lofty cedar and set it; from the top of its young twigs I will pluck a tender one, and I Myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 17:22, so the Hebrew word אָ֗נִי (ani) 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.17.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.22.W6.S1) and character.