Genesis 49:29:5Gen.49.29.W5TAB
אֲנִי֙
ani
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- ah-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced '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
- clause
vai-TSAV o-TAM vai-YO-mer a-le-HEM a-NI ne-e-SAF el-am-MI kiv-RU o-TI el-a-vo-TAI
- sentence
vai-TSAV o-TAM vai-YO-mer a-le-HEM a-NI ne-e-SAF el-am-MI kiv-RU o-TI el-a-vo-TAI el-ham-me-a-RA a-SHER bis-DE ef-RON ha-khit-TI
Exegesis
The idiom ani neesaf el-ammi {אֲנִי נֶאֱסָף אֶל־עַמִּי | ʾă-nî neʾ-ʾe-sāf ʾel-ʿam-mî} uses a Niphal participle to express impending death as a gathering unto kin.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-yaleph–nun–yod
“ship, vessel”
In context — Genesis 49:29
Then he instructed them and said, “I am about to be gathered to my people ; inter me with my fathers in the cave that lies in the field of Ephron the Hittite.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 49:29, so the Hebrew word אֲנִי֙ (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 Gen.49.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.29.W5.S1) and character.