Isaiah 13:17:1Isa.13.17.W1TAB

הִנְנִ֛י

hinne

behold, I

Transliteration
hin-NE
Extended
hihn-NEH
IPA
/hinˈniː/

Meaning by language

English
behold, I

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Result
הִנְ + נִ֛י
hin + ne
hinne

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    hin-NE

  2. clause

    hin-NE me-IR a-le-HEM et-ma-DAI

  3. sentence

    hin-NE me-IR a-le-HEM et-ma-DAI a-sher-KE-sef LO ya-khe-SHO-vu ve-za-HAV LO ya-khe-TSU-vo

Exegesis

The verse opens with the emphatic particle hinnī {הִנְנִי | hinnēnî} ’Behold, I’, focusing attention on the divine speaker.

In contextIsaiah 13:17

Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who will not regard silver nor delight in gold.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word הִנְנִ֛י (hinne) 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 Isa.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.17.W1.S1) and character.