Hosea 13:4:1Hos.13.4.W1TAB

וְאָֽנֹכִ֛י

veanokhi

and I

Transliteration
ve-a-NO-khi
Extended
veh-ah-NOH-khee
IPA
/wəʔaːnoˈxiː/

Meaning by language

English
and I

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Result
וְ + אָֽ + נֹ + כִ֛י
ve + a + no + khi
veanokhi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-NO-khi

  2. clause

    ve-a-NO-khi Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

  3. sentence

    ve-a-NO-khi Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM ve-e-lo-HIM zu-la-TI LO te-DA u-mo-SHI-a A-yin bil-TI

Exegesis

The verse opens with ve’anokhi {וְאָנֹכִי | wə-ʾānō-ḵî} ‘and I,’ an emphatic independent pronoun introduced by the conjunction vav linking to preceding discourse.

In contextHosea 13:4

But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; you shall know no god except Me, for there is no savior besides Me.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 13:4, so the Hebrew word וְאָֽנֹכִ֛י (veanokhi) 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 Hos.13.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.4.W1.S1) and character.