Job 16:9:10Job.16.9.W10TAB

לִֽי׃

li

at me or against me

Transliteration
LI
Extended
LEE
IPA
/ˈliː/

Meaning by language

English
at me or against me

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    LI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-NAIV LI

  3. clause

    tsa-RI yil-TOSH e-NAIV LI

  4. sentence

    a-PO ta-RAF va-yis-te-ME-ni kha-RAK a-LAI be-shi-NAIV tsa-RI yil-TOSH e-NAIV LI

Exegesis

The final li {לִֽי | lî} ‘to me’ keeps the focus personal and direct, making the verse a compact escalation from wrath, to violence, to fixation.

Root and etymology

consonantslamed–yod–tsade

to mediate, interpret

In contextJob 16:9

In his anger he tore me, and he hated me; he gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes at me.

About this coordinate

Job 16:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Job 16:9, so the Hebrew word לִֽי׃ (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 Job.16.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.9.W10.S1) and character.