Genesis 39:18:3Gen.39.18.W3TAB
קוֹלִ֖י
koli
“my voice”
- Transliteration
- ko-LI
- Extended
- koh-LEE
- IPA
- /qoː.ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my voice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
ko-LI
- phraseyour reading level
ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO ets-LI va-YA-nos ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The infinitive construct kaharimi koli {כַּהֲרִימִ֥י קוֹלִ֖י | ka-hă-rî-mî qô-lî} ‘as I lifted up my voice’ serves a temporal function, linking the act of raising the voice with the finite verb va’ekra {וָאֶקְרָ֑א | wa-ʾe-qrə-ʾā} ‘and I called out’. This foregrounds the reported shout as both deliberate and intense.
Root and etymology
q-w-lqof–vav–lamed
“voice, sound”
In context — Genesis 39:18
And it happened, as I lifted up my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 39:18, so the Hebrew word קוֹלִ֖י (koli) 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.39.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.18.W3.S1) and character.