וַאֲנִ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַאֲנִ֥י

   va-a-NI

   and I
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַאֲנִ֥י לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ

   va-a-NI lo-e-re-EN-nu

   and I not see him
3. clause🔊 אִם־יִסָּתֵ֨ר אִ֧ישׁ בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים וַאֲנִ֥י לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה

   im-yis-TA-ter ISH ba-mis-ta-RIM va-a-NI lo-e-re-EN-nu ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

   if he hides himself a man in the hiding places and I not see him declaration of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 אִם־יִסָּתֵ֨ר אִ֧ישׁ בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים וַאֲנִ֥י לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הֲל֨וֹא אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֧יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֲנִ֥י מָלֵ֖א נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

   im-yis-TA-ter ISH ba-mis-ta-RIM va-a-NI lo-e-re-EN-nu ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ha-LO et-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-et-ha-A-rets a-NI ma-LE ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

   if he hides himself a man in the hiding places and I not see him declaration of the LORD is it not the heavens and the earth I fill declaration of the LORD

Exegesis

The conjunction wa-ʾănî {וַאֲנִ֥י | wa-ʾănî} ‘and I’ connects to the negated Qal imperfect lōʾ-ʾerʾennû {לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ | lōʾ-ʾerʾennû} ‘I will not see him’, underscoring divine perception.