Jeremiah 22:6:9Jer.22.6.W9TAB
לִ֖י
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
- clause
ki-KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH al-BET ME-lekh ye-hu-DA gil-AD a-TA LI ROSH hal-le-va-NON
- sentence
ki-KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH al-BET ME-lekh ye-hu-DA gil-AD a-TA LI ROSH hal-le-va-NON im-LO a-shit-KHA mid-BAR a-RIM LO no-she-VA no-sha-VU
Root and etymology
ch-v-lchet–bet–lamed
“birth pangs, suffering”
In context — Jeremiah 22:6
For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: "You are to Me like Gilead, the summit of Lebanon; yet I will make you a wilderness, cities not inhabited."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 22:6, so the Hebrew word לִ֖י (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 Jer.22.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.6.W9.S1) and character.