Genesis 15:3:4Gen.15.3.W4TAB
לִ֔י
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
- word
LI
- phraseyour reading level
HEN LI
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM HEN LI LO na-tat-TA ZA-ra
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM HEN LI LO na-tat-TA ZA-ra ve-hin-NE ven-bey-TI yo-RESH o-TI
Exegesis
The early placement of li {לִי | lî} ‘to me’ foregrounds Abram’s personal stake before the negated perfect lo natatta {לֹא נָתַתָּה | lōʾ nāṯattā} ‘You have not given’, heightening emotional tension.
In context — Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, “Look, to me You have not given offspring , and look, a son of my household will inherit me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 15:3, 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 Gen.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.3.W4.S1) and character.